Agenda and minutes

25.1     The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2021.

26.1     Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.

Report by the Chief Operating Officer

27.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer, together with exempt information contained in a later agenda item.

DECISIONS

27.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to (1) declare the asset known as Eastbourne Grounds Service Depot, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne (the Site) surplus to the County Council’s requirements;

(2) approve the disposal of the Council’s leasehold interest in the Site; and

(3) delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer to determine the detailed terms of the disposal and agree all documents and take any other actions necessary to achieve best value in accordance with the Local Government Act 1999.

Reasons

27.3     The asset was formerly used as a grounds maintenance depot, and forms part of a larger site owned by East Sussex College, Eastbourne.  The College has secured outline planning permission, and the Council supports the College’s approach to maximise the value of the Site which may take the form of a joint sale or a surrender of the lease to East Sussex College, Eastbourne. 

[Post meeting note: references in the reports to Eastbourne College should be read as East Sussex College, Eastbourne.]

To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

28.1     It was RESOLVED to exclude the public and press for the remaining agenda items on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Report by the Chief Operating Officer

29.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Chief Operating Officer which contained exempt information in support of an earlier agenda item.

29.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to note the information.

[Post meeting note: references in the reports to Eastbourne College should be read as East Sussex College, Eastbourne.]