Issue - meetings
Proposed New Supermarket and Community Hub in Strood
Meeting: 04/10/2011 - Cabinet (Item 10)
10 Proposed New Supermarket and Community Hub in Strood 
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Minutes:
Background:
This report provided details of the proposed development of a new supermarket and Community Hub in Strood Town Centre. The report provided details of a number of Council sites which could be declared surplus and disposed of to facilitate the Community Hub (consisting of a library and potentially other services) within a new Tesco supermarket development.
An exempt appendix provided details regarding the potential short term lease of part of the Civic Centre site and detailed financial implications.
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133/2011 |
The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to declare surplus the land and buildings not required for highway improvements at 173-175 and 1a-7a Cuxton Road (as shown cross hatched black on the plan set out in Appendix 1 to the report) and proceed with their disposal upon the best terms reasonably obtainable. |
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134/2011 |
The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to take a lease of the new Community Hub in Strood on the best terms reasonably obtainable. |
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135/2011 |
The Cabinet delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to grant a short term (no more than 2 years) lease of part of the Civic Centre site, Strood, as set out in the exempt appendix, on the best terms reasonably obtainable. |
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136/2011 |
The Cabinet agreed, once the new Community Hub is open, to delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to declare surplus the Library complex in Bryant Road, Strood (as edged black on the plan set out in Appendix 2 to the report) and proceed with its disposal on the best terms reasonably obtainable. |
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137/2011 |
The Cabinet recommended to Full Council that the Temple Street Car Park and the adjoining yard (as shown edged black and hatched black on the plan set out in Appendix 1 to the report), are declared surplus and that it delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to enable their disposal upon the best terms reasonably obtainable. |
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The Cabinet noted that a further report on the capital costs to the Council of the new Strood Community Hub will be submitted to Cabinet once Tesco’s plans are further advanced, to be recommended to Council as an addition to the Capital Programme. |
Reasons:
To secure a new Community Hub in Strood Town Centre, rationalise the property estate and realise capital receipts from the sale of surplus property assets.