To consider disposal of the below four sites which have been identified as no longer required for service delivery.  Dependent on title information and various site surveys, the sites will be disposed of at auction to help generate a capital receipt for the Council.

·       Land adjacent to 4 Berry Head Road, Brixham

·       Land at Green Park Road, Paignton

·       North Boundary Road Playground, Brixham

·       Bay Tree House, Croft Rd, Torquay

(i)            that the Mayor’s decision on 6 February 2017 to dispose of land at Green Park Road, Preston be withdrawn;  and

(ii)          that the Council be recommended that the land at Green Park Road, Preston remains in the Council’s ownership and is not disposed of.

Following to the Mayor’s original decision to dispose of land at Green Park Road, Preston, the Mayor has given further consideration to the matter.

Alternative options were set out in the submitted report which were originally considered by the Mayor on 6 February 2017.

The recommendations of the Mayor will be considered by the Council at its meeting on 6 April 2017.

On 6 February 2017, the Mayor considered the submitted report on proposals to dispose of four Council assets, which had been deemed to be surplus to the Council’s requirements in accordance with the Council’s Corporate Asset Management Plan.  The Mayor determined that land at Green Park Road, Preston was no longer required for service delivery and that it be disposed of in accordance with the Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Mayor has now reconsidered his original decision and wishes to withdraw land at Green Park Road, Preston for disposal and that the land remains in Council ownership.  To retain the land is a Council decision as it is outside the Council’s Policy Framework (namely the Corporate Asset Management Plan) and the Mayor’s recommendation will be presented to the Council meeting on 6 April 2017.

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