Decision

 

1. Note
the outcome of the 2023/24 Land Sales Programme. 

 

2. Approve the Disposal Programme
for 2024/25 as set out in the report and note the
sites that have been earmarked for disposal /
development.

 

3. Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Place
to:
 

a.   
Negotiate and accept bids in consultation with the
Director of Finance and Systems and the Director of Legal and
Governance for all sites listed on the Disposal
Programme.

b.   
Engage external resources where this will assist in
implementing the programme, including a professional team where
reasonably required to support a development project.

c.    
Commission, submit and/or authorise as
appropriate:

i)      
any applications for planning permission on any
properties included in the programme where this will assist in
marketing and/or add value, or in any case where the Council is
proposing to redevelop the site whether directly or in partnership
with another party.

ii)     
any surveys/investigations where such surveys will
reduce the risks associated with redevelopment, add value to the
capital receipt /revenue return and/or assist with the preparation,
submission and resolution of any planning permission application,
or any other usual pre-development survey or
investigation.
iii) any
feasibility study or design for the site and or premises in
association with either obtaining a planning consent or as part of
options appraisal.
iv) any
demolitions or physical alterations that will either reduce the
risks associated with holding the premises or accelerate the
sale/redevelopment and/or add value to the capital receipt/revenue
return.

d. Offset eligible disposal costs against capital
receipts in accordance with capital regulations.

e. Advertise the intention to dispose of a site in
the event that it comprises open space as defined by the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990, in accordance with the relevant
statutory procedure, and if any objections are received, to refer
to the relevant portfolio holder for consideration in consultation
with the Executive Member for Environment and Regulatory
Services.

f. Acquire adjacent land or property where the
acquisition will either add value to the overall development or
de-risk the disposal/development of the Council asset.

g. Delegate authority to the Corporate Director of
Place, in consultation with the Executive Member for Housing and
Regeneration and the Director of Finance and Systems, to add or
substitute sites into the programme during the year including sites
with a value of over £499,999.

h. Transfer sites from Category 1 to Category 2, and
vice versa

i.  Commission security
services.

j.  Authorise alternative
methods of disposal where appropriate.

k. Authorise community engagement and consultations
where the Corporate Director of Place deems it necessary or
advantageous.

l.  In relation to any
site currently in development or any site which commences
development during this programme, agree any licence or approve the
grant of any easement or lease or any other disposal, including
where that disposal taken in isolation would constitute a disposal
at undervalue, which is designed or intended to implement or
facilitate the development.

m. Authorise marketing, pricing and disposal
strategies and authorise the sale of plots, either individually or
in blocks, including where the anticipated or actual capital
receipt exceeds £499,999.
 
4. 
Delegate authority to the Director of Legal and Governance in
consultation with the Corporate Director of Place and, where
appropriate, the Director for Finance and Systems, to finalise and
enter into all legal agreements required to implement the Disposal
Programme for 2024/2025.