Decision No: CAB026 - 07/2008

 

Forward Plan No: ET03072

This record relates to A13 on the agenda for the Decision-Making

RECORD OF EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

30/06/2008  

 

 

DECISION-MAKER:

CABINET  

PORTFOLIO AREA:

Environment and Transport  

SUBJECT:

Future use of City Council owned land at Stoneham  

AUTHOR:

Geoff Cornford  

 

 

THE DECISION

To approve the proposals / recommendations contained in the report without modification as set out below.
(i) To approve in principle the grant of a long lease to the BTC Sports Club for the use of a site currently identified in the Local Transport Plan 2006-2011 as a Park and Ride site; and
(ii) That in light of (i) above being contary to the Policy Framework, Cabinet recommends to Full Council that the Local Transport Plan 2006-2011 be altered by
deleting all references to the possible use of the site at Stoneham (identified as Site 18b in Section 8.2 of Annex B) as a potential Park and Ride site.

 

 

REASONS FOR THE DECISION

1. To enable a decision to be taken about whether a lease should be granted to the BTC Sports Club for the use of the site at Stoneham currently identified in the Local Transport Plan (LTP) as a potential site for a Park and Ride operation and, if so, what the appropriate length of lease should be.

2. This report is submitted for consideration as a General Exception under paragraph 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the City Council’s Constitution, notice having been given to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and the Public. The matter requires a decision in view of the new administration’s commitment to the BTC Sports Club and cannot be deferred for inclusion in the next Forward Plan.  

 

DETAILS OF ANY ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

1. This report puts forward for consideration all of the options for the use of the land. These options are:
• Offer a 25 year lease but leave the Policy Framework unchanged: rejected because the offer of a lease of this length requires the Policy framework to be changed;
• Offer a lease for a period of significantly less than 25 years, for a period that is more likely to match the expected timescale for the introduction of Park and Ride: rejected because the funding bodies require a lease of this length to be in place before they will make funding offers; or
• Investigate the possibilities for offering the Sports Club a lease on a different site in the vicinity: this site is the preferred site.

2. These options are all based upon the presumption that the Council would wish to respond positively to the approach from the club.

3. Retaining the reference to Park and Ride within the LTP but adding additional wording to make the provision of a Park and Ride site subject to any long term leases on the site granted by the Council.  

 

OTHER RELEVANT MATTERS CONCERNING THE DECISION

 

 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The decision-maker(s) did not declare a personal or prejudicial interest in the matters set out in the report  

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE RECORD:

We certify that the decision this document records was made in accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 and is a true and accurate record of that decision.

Date:

Decision Maker:

30/06/2008

Cabinet

 

Proper Officer:

 

Keith Turner

SCRUTINY

Note: This decision will come in to force at the expiry of 5 working days from the date of publication subject to any review under the Council's Scrutiny 'Call-In' provisions.

Call-In Period

01 July 2008 to 08 July 2008

Date of Call-in (if applicable) (this suspends implementation)

 

Call-in Procedure completed (if applicable)

 

Call-in heard by (if applicable)

 

Results of Call-in (if applicable)