This meeting schedules discussion of the potential appropriation of Surrey County Council land to become public highways, and the disposal of a number of Surrey County Council land and property assets. In particular, a number of properties currently leased by the Council to Halsey Garton Residential Ltd¹ will be considered for sale.

Land at Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy School

The meeting will include consideration of a proposal to appropriate Surrey County Council land to become part of the adopted highway at Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy School, Deepcut. The land in question was transferred to the Council as part of a Section 106 agreement made with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation² for the construction of the school. It has subsequently emerged that part of that land will need to be adopted as highway. The Cabinet Member will be asked to approve the appropriation of this land, which is already surfaced as part of the footway outside the school fence line, once the adjacent road, Bracken Hill, has been adopted.

Land along Marlborough Hill, Dorking

A report included in the meeting pack seeks approval for the appropriation of land at the Dene Street Learning Centre, Dorking, to become part of the adopted highway. Planning permission for the redevelopment of the site was granted in April 2023 subject to a number of conditions, one of which being that a new footway [be constructed] along the site frontage onto Marlborough Hill. The Cabinet Member will be asked to approve the appropriation of the land required to facilitate this new footway prior to first occupation of the development.

Land and Clubhouse at Merstham FC

The meeting will consider the future of Merstham FC's clubhouse. The report pack explains that in 2021, a legal title issue was identified during the sale of the adjacent former Merstham Library site. The issue related to the fact that, inadvertently, the clubhouse had been constructed across separate titles one owned by the Council and the other by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council³. The issue has persisted since 1988, during which time the expired lease has been 'held over' for many years. The report pack recommends that the Cabinet Member declare the Council's portion of the land formally surplus to operational requirements, and approve the proposed transfer of the land to RBBC.

Land at 110a Vicarage Road, Sunbury

This item on the agenda concerns a small parcel of land at 110a Vicarage Road, Sunbury, which the report pack describes as a roughly triangular, flat, site on the corner of Vicarage Road and Wychwood Close. The land is a residual holding from a former school that was sold and redeveloped with housing in the 1980s, and has been subject to numerous complaints from neighbours about anti-social behaviour. It is recommended that the Cabinet Member approve the sale of the land to a party named in a confidential appendix to the report.

28 Telegraph Track, Carshalton

The report pack asks the Cabinet Member to consider the disposal of 28 Telegraph Track, Carshalton. The property is a 3-bedroom cottage that was transferred by the Council to Halsey Garton Residential Ltd in February 2021 under a 40-year lease. The property is now vacant and, following an open marketing campaign by Hamptons estate agents, the report seeks approval to sell the property to a party and at a price named in a confidential appendix.

38 Telegraph Track, Carshalton

The Cabinet Member will be asked to consider a report that seeks approval for the disposal of 38 Telegraph Track, Carshalton. The property, a 3-bedroom semi-detached house, was leased to Halsey Garton Residential Ltd in February 2021 under a 40-year lease. The property is now vacant and, following a 4-week open marketing campaign by Hamptons estate agents, the report asks the Cabinet Member to approve the sale of the property to a party and at a price specified in the confidential part 2 report.

53 Westfield Road, Camberley

The meeting will include consideration of a proposal to dispose of 53 Westfield Road, Camberley. The property, a 3 bedroom semi-detached house, is another of those that was transferred by the Council to Halsey Garton Residential Ltd in February 2021 under a 40-year lease. It is now vacant, and following an open marketing campaign by Curchods estate agents, the report pack recommends that the Cabinet Member approve the sale of 53 Westfield Road, Camberley to a party and at a price detailed in a confidential appendix to the report.