Issue - meetings

Background:

This report requested that Cabinet delegate authority to officers to declare surplus and then dispose of the Queen Street/Slickett’s Hill car park site, so that it can be disposed of for development on the best terms reasonably obtainable.

It was noted that the Council owned the freehold of the site (edged black on the plan attached to the report) and that outline planning consent had been granted in 2013 for a mixed use scheme, comprising of residential and 3,375 sq metres of commercial space (retail Classes A1 and A2) with ancillary parking for 146 spaces/202 cycle spaces.

The report considered the implications of disposing of the car park site and also the Council’s regeneration objectives for Chatham. Members noted the availability of alternative car parking within Chatham and considered, in particular, the condition of the Market Hall multi-storey car park.

Reasons:

To bring forward the site for development.