Issue - meetings

Appendix 2 to the report is exempt from publication as it contains commercially confidential information (exempt under paragraph 3, Part 1, Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended)).

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development presented a report on the proposed disposal of a small area of Council-owned land adjacent to the former Bull Inn on Rainham Road South, to facilitate a residential development by Hollybrook of approximately 72 properties at the location.

The area of Council land measured approximately 150 sq.m. and the Cabinet Member referred to the proposed terms of the sale, which were set out in an appendix to the report, and other issues which supported the proposal.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that the Council disposes of the area of land, as shown edged red in the plan at Appendix 1 to the report, to Rainham Road South Limited (a subsidiary of Hollybrook) on the terms set out in Appendix 2 to the report;

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Inclusive Growth, in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development, to agree the final terms and contract documentation to fully implement the sale of the site; and

(iii)  Authorise the Head of Legal Services, or an authorised delegate on their behalf, to execute all the legal agreements, contracts, and other documents on behalf of the Council.