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Property Review: Operational Properties: Results of Consultations Regarding the Future of Various Properties
Meeting: 29/07/2025 - Cabinet (Item 15)
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Minutes:
Background:
The report presented the outcome of the consultation in respect of the public toilets at Rainham Shopping Centre and requested that they be declared surplus. The consultee (the Head Tenant of the adjoining shopping centre) had confirmed that they would be happy to include the ownership and maintenance of the public toilets as part of the acquisition of the freehold of the shopping centre.
An Exempt Appendix 1 to the report provided further financial information in respect of the of the public toilets at Rainham.
A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken and was attached at Appendix 3 to the report.
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Decision:
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102/2025 |
The Cabinet agreed to declare surplus, the toilet block at Rainham Shopping Centre, so that it could be disposed of by the Director of Place, in consultation with the Council’s Corporate Landlord Board (CLB) on the basis that the purchaser would be required to keep the toilets open or to provide alternative arrangements including the provision of disabled toilets within Rainham Shopping Centre.
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103/2025 |
The Cabinet agreed to authorise the Council’s legal department to conclude the resultant contractual documents. |
Reasons:
To act on the recommendations which the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA) made in its report dated January 2024.
To generate revenue savings and capital receipts for the Council, whilst avoiding future capital expenditure on properties, for example on required maintenance. This will help the Council to be more financially sustainable.