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Disposal of land at Unicumes Lane, Fant

Meeting: 26/10/2016 - Policy and Resources Committee (Item 107)

107 Report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement - Disposal of Land at Unicumes Lane, Fant Wildlife pdf icon PDF 83 KB

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Decision:

That the disposal of the open space land outlined in red on the plan attached to the report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement be agreed.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement in regard to the disposal of land at Unicumes Lane, Fant.

 

Councillor Harper, having declared an interest as he was a Trustee of the Fant Wildlife Group, left the meeting for this item.

 

Members were advised that the Council owned an area of open space off Unicumes Lane in Fant, known as the Fant Wildlife Area, and had been working with a local volunteer group to manage it.  It was noted that the Heritage, Culture and Leisure Committee had declared it surplus at their meeting on 3rd November 2015.

 

Members were advised that the volunteers of the Fant Wildlife Group had expressed a wish to take over the management and lease the site from the Council.  It was noted that this would now require a disposal of the land on a leasehold basis.

 

In response to Members’ enquiries, the Property Officer advised as follows:-

 

·  That there was no particular reason why there had been a delay between declaring it surplus and the disposal

·  The Wildlife Group had specifically asked for leasehold


RESOLVED:  That the disposal of the open space land outlined in red on the plan attached to the report of the Director of Finance and Business Improvement be agreed.

 

Voting:  For:  13  Against:  0  Abstentions:  0

 

Councillor Harper re-entered the room after the voting had taken place.