Issue - meetings

Executive agreed that:

(A) land at Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth be disposed of for best

consideration, with authority to determine the method and

management of the disposal delegated to the Director for

Communities.

(B) land in Hertford be disposed of for best consideration, with

authority to determine the method of disposal delegated to the

Director for Communities and confirmation to proceed to actual

disposal delegated to the Executive Member for Financial

Sustainability, acting in consultation with the Director for

Communities.

The Executive Member for Financial Sustainability presented a report which detailed the disposal of two Council-owned assets surplus to requirements.

The first asset for consideration was land at Harlow Mill. A sale or reduction in the ownership of this land would save the council from the liability of ongoing inspections and tree surveys. The site map and estimated value of the land was included within the exempt appendix A.

The second asset for consideration was a piece of land in Hertford. Two buildings on the land were now at the end of their useful lives and the tenants would like to work in partnership with East Herts to sell the site.

The Executive Member for Financial Sustainability said that a reduction in the ownership of this land would save the council from the liability of ongoing road and street lighting maintenance as the access road to these sites were not public highway and were maintained at the expense of East Herts Council. The site map and details of the existing tenancies were included within the exempt appendix A.

The Executive Member for Financial Sustainability proposed that the recommendation in the report be supported. The Executive Member for Resident Engagement seconded the proposal.

The motion to support the recommendation, having been proposed and seconded, was put to the meeting and upon a vote being taken, was declared CARRIED.

RESOLVED - Executive agreed that:

(A) land at Harlow Mill, Sawbridgeworth be disposed of for best consideration, with authority to determine the method and management of the disposal delegated to the Director for Communities.

(B) land in Hertford be disposed of for best consideration, with authority to determine the method of disposal delegated to the Director for Communities and confirmation to proceed to actual disposal delegated to the Executive Member for Financial Sustainability, acting in consultation with the Director for Communities.