Purpose

To appraise the Cabinet Member
and seek approval to declare two vacant residential properties held
within the Children School and Families portfolio as surplus to
operational requirements.

Decision

Decision(s):

 

(1) 
The declared two residential properties
detailed within this report as surplus to operational requirements,
be noted.
(2) 
The transferred responsibility for the two
properties to the Cabinet Member for Regeneration Economy and
Skills, to be managed under the Council’s Asset Management
Strategy and disposed of within the Asset Disposal programme for
2025/26, be noted.

 

Reason(s) for the Decision(s):

 

The disposals will generate capital receipts, reduce
the Council’s maintenance and property holding costs and
bring vacant residential properties back into use.
 

Alternative Options Considered and
Rejected:

 

Not to dispose of the properties. However, the
Council do not have an operational need for the premises, and this
would not assist in the wider objectives linked to bringing vacant
residential premises back into use. The properties are also a
liability from a maintenance perspective, and the Council incurs
Council Tax costs whilst they are vacant.