KEY DECISION

Report No. 187/2019

Cabinet approved:

1.    The acquisition of land adjoining Ketton Centre [Library and Community Hub] from the Peterborough Diocese.

2.    The allocation of the sum of £ 7,200 of S106 monies towards the works for the scheme and that this project is added to the Capital Programme.

3.    That legal costs of c£2,500 are funded through the legal budget.

4.    Authorisation to the Director for Places, in consultation with the Cabinet Member with portfolio for Planning, Environment, Property and Finance to agree the final terms, including the precise area of land, generally in line with the Heads of Terms.

The Portfolio Holder for Environment, Planning, Property, and Finance submitted his report and elaborated thereon. He explained that the site had originally been acquired by the Council in 1972 from the Diocese of Peterborough and since that then, there had been a number of unsuccessful attempts to clarify boundaries and user rights as they had been reluctant to dispose of any land in the location. The Diocese had offered the council the freehold of the informal parking area for a nominal sum of £1.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the acquisition of land adjoining Ketton Centre [Library and Community Hub] from the Peterborough Diocese be approved

2.    That the allocation of the sum of £ 7,200 of S106 monies towards the works for the scheme and that this project be added to the Capital Programme.

3.    That legal costs of c£2,500 be funded through the legal budget.

4.    That authorisation be granted to the Director for Places, in consultation with the Cabinet Member with portfolio for Planning, Environment, Property and Finance to agree the final terms, including the precise area of land, generally in line with the Heads of Terms.

REASON FOR DECISION:

The recommendations set out in the report will enable the Council to improve and control the parking area, and to maintain the value of the Council’s asset [the Library] by providing controllable parking space.