Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations

1.    That approval be given to the disposal of the Council’s freehold interest in 58 Quarry Hill Road, Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7TD.

2.    That approval be given to the Assistant Director (Planning, Regeneration and Transport) for the disposal of the asset by implementing the most appropriate method of disposal to help expedite the process, whilst ensuring that best consideration is achieved under Section 123 – Local Government Act 1972.

3.    That the Assistant Director of Legal Services be instructed to negotiate and complete the necessary legal documentation once terms for the disposal have been agreed.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval to dispose of the Council’s freehold interest in No. 58 Quarry Hill Road, Wath Upon Dearne. The property had been vacant since March 2021 following the relocation of the Learning Disability Residential Respite Service to Conway Crescent. Enquiries were made to ascertain whether the building could be reused but no options were put forward. As such, the property was declared surplus to the operational requirements of the Adult Care, Housing and Public Health Directorate in March 2021 and deemed suitable for disposal by the Asset Management Board in May 2021.

All local Ward Members had been consulted on the proposal and no objections had been received.

Information relating to the potential capital receipt values and potential holding/revenue costs had been provided to Cabinet Members in the exempt appendix to the report.

Resolved:

1.    The approval is given to the disposal of the Council’s freehold interest in No. 58 Quarry Hill Road, Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7TD;

2.    That approval is given to the Assistant Director (Planning, Regeneration and Transport) for the disposal of the asset by implementing the most appropriate method of disposal to help expedite the process, whilst ensuring that best consideration is achieved under Section 123 – Local Government Act 1972; and

3.    That the Assistant Director of Legal Services be instructed to negotiate and complete the necessary legal documentation once terms for the disposal have been agreed.