Decision details

The Cabinet Member for Procurement, Assets and Shared Services considered a report on the freehold disposal on the open market of a number of surplus properties.

Following the creation of Cheshire East Council on 1^st April 2009 and the amalgamation of the three former District Councils and the former Cheshire County Council, Cheshire East Council had been undertaking extensive internal reviews and rationalisation of its Services and Assets Portfolio. 

Any properties formally declared surplus by any of the legacy authorities or declared surplus by the new authority had been re-circulated and the internal Services and Local Area Partner Organisations consulted to determine if any re-use of the surplus properties could be found prior to disposing of the sites on the open market.

The relevant parties associated with the properties listed in the report had been consulted.

At the meeting, the Officers reported that following further discussions with Services, the property referred to in paragraph 1.1.1 and Appendix 1 of the report was no longer considered surplus to Council requirements and it was recommended that the property be retained in Council ownership.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   subject to (2) below, the surplus properties referred to in the report be declared surplus to the requirements of Cheshire East Council and placed on the open market for disposal on terms and conditions to be determined by the Borough Solicitor and Assets Manager;

(2)   the property referred to in paragraph 1.1.1 and Appendix 1 of the report be retained in Council ownership for internal re-use.