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Proposal for Queen Street/Slicketts Hill Car Parks, The Brook, Chatham

 

 

Meeting: 09/02/2016 - Cabinet (Item 13)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of a proposal to seek developer interest in developing a council owned car park whilst retaining car parking facilities and proposed that Cabinet delegate authority to appropriate the car park for planning purposes and to enter into any necessary agreements in relation to developing the car park. The report provided details of previous decisions made in respect of the site and why those decisions had not been implemented.

 

It was noted that the site could be appropriated for planning purposes, and the Council could undertake a procurement process to seek a developer for the site, who would be prepared to develop the site whilst retaining the existing level of Council parking spaces plus sharing the profit from the development. Development options would be subject to planning restrictions and ground conditions.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

25/2016

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Chief Legal Officer in consultation with the Leader and the Portfolio Holder for Resources to:

(i)        Appropriate the site for planning purposes.

 

(ii)       To carry out a procurement exercise to seek a developer to provide a mixed use development, with a retained Council car park on the best terms reasonably obtainable.

 

(iii)      Enter into any necessary agreements to secure the development of the site and preserve the Council’s ability to use the car park after the development has taken place.

 

Reasons:

 

To bring forward the site for development, whilst retaining the car park and income.