Issue - decisions

This is a Portfolio Holder Decision to:

• Declare the sites set out in this report surplus.
• Where applicable, notify any tenant or licensee occupying any land declared surplus of the Council’s intention to secure vacant possession and dispose of sites set out.
• Where applicable, secure vacant possession of the sites set out in this report.
• Work with any existing tenants/licensees of the sites referred to in this report to relocate should the opportunity be available.
• Publish any and all statutory notices required in relation to the potential disposal of any land that could be deemed ‘public open space’.
• Appoint an agent to offer the sites to the market for freehold disposal, long lease or short tenancy.
• Delegate authority to the Strategic and Operational Property Manager to negotiate any offers received and, following consultation and sanction of the Portfolio Holder, accept any offer certified by a Registered Valuer as representing market value and best consideration in accordance with section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972.
• Delegate authority to the Strategic and Operational Property Manager to include any and all relevant and necessary covenants or clauses into any resulting conveyances, leases or licences.
• Notify all applicants on the Council’s Self-build and Custom Housebuilding that the Council will be marketing the land and property assets set out in this report for freehold or leasehold disposal or short tenancy.

In the event any representations are made in relation to the potential disposal of public open space, such representation will be formally considered by the Cabinet before any decision to dispose can or will be made.

The Portfolio Holder reserves the right to withdraw any site from the market at any time.

The cumulative value likely to be returned as a consequence of this decision makes it a ‘key decision’.

The adopted capital project priorities of South Holland District Council need, in part, be sustainably resourced by raising capital receipts and/or generating new revenue streams to otherwise fund those priorities; the timeframe for delivery of those priorities means the time for getting the land and property assets set out in this report to the market is of the essence, making this an urgent decision; it is therefore reasonable, justified and proportionate that the decision takes effect five days after it is published.