Decision

To remove the designation of St. Catherine’s Road Community Garden as an Asset of Community Value, as defined by the Localism Act 2011.

Reasons for the decision

It is no longer considered that the land is land of community value including for the following reasons:

·       Planning permission for the development of Southbourne Cross Roads Carpark has now been secured upon appeal and the Council has a pre-existing agreement for the site’s development.

·       The Community Garden that was designated as an Asset of Community Value and formed part of the car park has now been cleared, the site made secure and is no longer a community garden.

·       The intended development of the site concludes that it is notrealistic to think that there is a time in the next five years when there could be non-ancillary use of the building or land that would further (whether or not in the same way as before) the social wellbeing or social interests of the local community for it to remain an Asset of Community Value.

A more detailed analysis of the situation is set out in the Appendix to this record.