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Appendices 3 and 4 to the report are in the private business section of the agenda at Item 19.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services introduced a report on the proposed sale of two areas of Council-owned land to the respective adjoining land owners, which when combined with the adjoining properties would allow for the construction of a single dwelling house on each site subject to the necessary statutory consents.

The owners of 1 Calverley Crescent and 10 Valence Wood Road had approached the Council about the possibility of acquiring the Council-owned land adjoining their respective properties.  Neither site was designated as public open space and assessments concluded that they were not suitable for development in isolation from the adjoining properties.  Furthermore, one of the sites was prone to unauthorised parking and fly-tipping while the other was fenced and not accessible by the public. 

With the land being deemed surplus to the Council’s requirements, independent valuations had been sought and draft Heads of Terms produced for the sale of the Council’s freehold interests, the details of which were set out in appendices to the report.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the disposal of the Council’s freehold interest in the land adjacent to 1 Calverley Crescent, Dagenham, as shown edged red on the plan at Appendix 1 to the report, to the adjoining land owner on the terms set out in Appendix 3 to the report; and

(ii)  Approve the disposal of the Council’s freehold interest in the land adjacent to 10 Valence Wood Road, Dagenham, as shown edged red on the plan at Appendix 2 to the report, to the adjacent land owner on the terms set out in Appendix 4 to the report.