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Cabinet Member for Property, Waste and Infrastructure Decisions - Tuesday, 26 November 2024 11.00 am

November 26, 2024 View on council website Watch video of meeting
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Surrey County Council agreed to the appropriation of land to allow the adoption of roads in Deepcut and Dorking. They also agreed to sell three houses in Carshalton and one in Camberley and to transfer the ownership of the land at Merstham Football Club to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council and a small parcel of land at 110A Vicarage Road in Sunbury to a private individual.

Land at Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy School, Deepcut

Surrey County Council agreed to appropriate a small piece of land at the entrance to Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy School in Deepcut to become part of the adopted highway. This decision was made to allow a legal agreement to be made with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) that will see the road known as Bracken Hill, which provides access to the school, adopted by Surrey County Council. The land was transferred to the Council by the DIO as part of the school site, and is needed to ensure that the entirety of Bracken Hill, including the school's access road, can be adopted.

In drafting [the adoption agreement], it has emerged that an additional part of the school land needs to be appropriated for highway purposes.

The Council believes that the new junction will:

create a safe access for pedestrians and cyclists, and giving them priority over motorised traffic.

Land at Dean Street Learning Centre, Dorking

The Council agreed to appropriate a strip of land at the front of Dean Street Learning Centre in Dorking to become part of the adopted highway.

It is the requirement of the new development at this site under Condition 25 of the granted planning permission 2022/0085 to construct a new footway along the site frontage onto Marlborough Hill.

This decision was made because planning condition 25 of planning application 2022/0085 requires the construction of a new footway to be adopted by Surrey County Council. The appropriation will take place once building works are complete.

Land and Clubhouse at Merstham FC, Merstham

Surrey County Council agreed to transfer ownership of the land at Merstham FC to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.

This report seeks to rectify the Title matter through a formal transfer of the Councils freehold title to RBBC so that RBBC can fully control the clubhouse and ensure formal leasing put in place for the club and community uses.

This decision was made because a legal title issue was discovered when the council sold the former library site at Weldon Way in 2021. The issue related to the fact that the adjacent football club pavilion sits on land owned by both Surrey County Council and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council.

Disposal of Land at 110A Vicarage Road, Sunbury

Surrey County Council agreed to sell a small parcel of land at 110a Vicarage Road in Sunbury to a private individual.

The parcel has been subject to numerous complaints from neighbours on anti-social behaviour (rubbish, loitering, unkept land etc).

This decision was made because the Council has received persistent complaints about anti-social behaviour at the site, and they believe that selling it is the best way to resolve the issue.

The council considered, and rejected, several other options for the site, including:

  • Selling the land to the owner of the property opposite.
  • Requesting that it be adopted by Surrey Highways.

The Council decided to sell the site to a local resident after receiving an unsolicited offer for it.

Disposal of 28 Telegraph Track, Carshalton

The Council agreed to sell 28 Telegraph Track in Carshalton. This property had previously been leased to Halsey Garton Residential Limited (HGR), a company wholly owned by Surrey County Council.

The asset was part of an early tranche of residential properties transferred by the Council to HGR in February 2021. The HGR Board has requested it be handed back to the Council and sold.

The decision to sell the property was made after HGR decided that it no longer wished to retain it, and the site has been marketed for sale since at least October 2024.

The Council will pay HGR a premium to reflect the remaining value of their lease on the property.

Disposal of 38 Telegraph Track, Carshalton

The Council also agreed to sell 38 Telegraph Track in Carshalton. Like 28 Telegraph Track, this property had previously been leased to HGR.

The asset was part of an early tranche of residential properties transferred by the Council to HGR in February 2021, with a premium paid by HGR to the Council for a head-leasehold interest. HGR Board has requested that it be handed back to the Council and sold.

The decision to sell the property was made after HGR decided that it no longer wished to retain it, and the site has been marketed for sale since at least October 2024.

The Council will pay HGR a premium to reflect the remaining value of their lease on the property.

Disposal of 53 Westfield Road, Camberley

Finally, the Council agreed to sell 53 Westfield Road in Camberley. Like 28 and 38 Telegraph Track, this property had previously been leased to HGR.

The asset was part of an early tranche of residential properties transferred by the Council to HGR in February 2021, with a premium paid by HGR to the Council for a head-leasehold interest. HGR Board has requested that it be handed back to the Council and sold.

The decision to sell the property was made after HGR decided that it no longer wished to retain it, and the site has been marketed for sale since at least October 2024.

The Council will pay HGR a premium to reflect the remaining value of their lease on the property.

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