The Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Leadership and Engagement and the Director of Law and Governance, to enter into a 30-year lease for the Mayesbrook Park football stadium with Barking Football Club, subject to satisfactory negotiation of the lease terms and associated requirements; and
(ii) Authorise the Chief Executive, in the event of it not being possible to enter into a lease agreement with Barking Football Club, to enter into a lease on the same terms with another sports club for the operation of the Mayesbrook Park football stadium.