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RESOLVED that Cabinet: -
Authorise the Director of Finance acting in his capacity as
Corporate Property Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio
Holder for Finance, to implement the previous decision of Council
to dispose of council owned land at Wessex Fields to the University
Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (“UHD”) on the
terms set out in this report subject to any financial
amendments.
Voting: Unanimous
Portfolio Holder: Finance
Reason
To authorise
the Director of Finance and Finance Portfolio Holder to implement
the previous decision of Council to
disposal of land at the Wessex Fields site located at Riverside
Avenue to:

1.     
Achieve the
socio-economic benefits as the purchase by the hospital would
unlock substantial health benefits for the residents of
Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole and the wider area.

2.     
Disposal of the site
to University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in line with
its best value duties as determined in accordance with a RICS Red
Book Valuation.

3.     
Generate a capital
receipt to support the funding of the Council’s various
transformation programmes.
To ensure the terms of the disposal are
set out in an open and transparent manner for member
consideration.
Please note that UHD would not be under
an obligation to provide a link road connecting to Deansleigh Road PROVIDED THAT decisions under this
Cabinet Report are made strictly in the council’s capacity as
landowner and nothing in this Cabinet Report (nor any decision
thereunder) shall prejudice or affect any statutory right, power,
obligation or duty vested in the council in its capacity as local
planning authority, rating authority or local highway authority or
any other capacity.