Decision details

The Executive will be asked to consider accepting the external capital funding and external revenue dowry secured by the Land Restoration Trust to be used to fund the enhancement and on going management and maintenance of the site under a 99 year lease through a multi-party leasing and management agreement

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services concerning external funding for the enhancement, long term management and maintenance of Dagenham Washlands.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of “Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer”, to:

(i)  enter into a 99 year lease with the Land Restoration Trust in respect of the Council’s land holdings known as The Leys and the southern part of Beam Valley  Country Park Local Nature Reserve in order to facilitate the management by the Land Restoration Trust of the entire 53 hectare site on behalf of the current land owners as part of the Thames Gateway Parklands enhancement scheme and

(ii)  authorise the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Legal Partners, to agree the detailed terms of the lease arrangements on the terms outlined in the report.