That, having considered the feedback received from Ward Members and the relevant Community Partnerships to the disposal of Lincombe Court as set out in Appendix 3 to the submitted report, Lincombe Court be declared no longer required for service delivery and that the Assistant Director Corporate and Business Services be requested to advertise the intended disposal in accordance with the Council’s Community Asset Transfer Policy 2008.

Lincombe Court is an empty property which has been declared surplus to operational requirements and is available for disposal which will enable the capital receipt to be reinvested into the Council’s existing capital programme.

Alternative options were set out in the submitted report but not discussed at the meeting.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on 16 February 2016 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

Lincombe Court was vacated by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust in 2014 and the existing 10 year lease to the Foundation Trust expired on 30 November 2015 and the property is no longer required for service delivery. 

Lincombe Court is a vacant property and will start incurring business rates liabilities potentially by late April 2016.  The Property is a dated Victorian villa.  In order to maintain the integrity of the vacant building a programme of planned maintenance would be required to prevent deterioration.  The asset will quickly become a maintenance liability otherwise. 

The Mayor considered the recommendations of the Council made on 3 February 2016 and his decision is set out above.

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