Purpose

Cabinet:
1.   
Noted the Localities Assets Review’s initial findings and
recommendations for each of the sites highlighted in Phase One as
shown in Appendix 1 and provides any comments.
2.   
Agreed that sites deemed suitable as being surplus to requirements
(up to a maximum disposal price of £500,000) authority will
be delegated to the Executive Director of Corporate Services in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Governance to take all
necessary steps to implement effect the disposal.
3.   
Agreed that where any proposed sale or repurposing of an asset is
at a price in excess of £500,000 the decision to proceed will
be brought back to Cabinet for specific approval to dispose on a
case by case basis.
4.   
Noted that Directors will continue to provide regular, quarterly
updates to Cabinet on the progress of these sites.
5.     
Noted the proposal to focus on the Council’s education sites
under Phase 2, where officers will work with Academies and
Maintained Schools to investigate opportunities to improve
community usage across buildings, to repurpose surplus properties
and to divest of surplus land if deemed appropriate. The
expectation is that a report on Phase 2 will be brought back to
Growth, Resources and Communities Scrutiny Committee in the
Summer.
6.   
In respect of Eye Youth Centre, Officers undergo further research
into grant funding opportunities.
 
 
The Cabinet also agreed to the following recommendation made by
the Growth, Resources and Communities Scrutiny Committee.
 
The Growth, Resources and Communities Scrutiny Committee
recommended to Cabinet that they ask for a commitment from the
Thomas Deacon Education Trust to provide community out of hours
provisions at the Walton Community Centre, should they purchase the
site.