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To remove the designation of
St. Catherine’s Road Community Garden as an Asset of
Community Value, as defined by the Localism Act 2011.
 

Reasons for the decision

It is no longer considered that
the land is land of community value including for the following
reasons:
·      
Planning permission for the development of
Southbourne Cross Roads Carpark has now been secured upon appeal
and the Council has a pre-existing agreement for the site’s
development.
·      
The Community Garden that was designated as an Asset
of Community Value and formed part of the car park has now been
cleared, the site made secure and is no longer a community
garden.
·      
The intended development of the site concludes that
it is notrealistic to think that there is a time in the next five
years when there could be non-ancillary use of the building or land
that would further (whether or not in the same way as before) the
social wellbeing or social interests of the local community for it
to remain an Asset of Community Value.
A more detailed analysis of the
situation is set out in the Appendix to this record.