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Report by Chief Executive Officer – Place – Alistair Cunningham.

Cllr Sturgis - Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning, Development Management and Investment presented the report.

Points made included:

•                That the council had a programme of sites that were surplus to operational requirements and disposal or reuse for alternate purposes generates capital to support Councils overall Capital Programme.

•                The report set out the forecast receipts from disposals for the next three financial years.

•                The report further sought approval to declare specific sites surplus and capable of review to determine the best financial return for the council; the 2 assets to be declared surplus.

•                The report sought authority to approve the terms of sale for Martingate Centre, Corsham.

Cabinet members were asked if they wished to make any comments.

Cllr Allison Bucknell requested that the two properties referred to in the report were also referred to in Appendix 2 for clarity.

Cllr Ian Thorn, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group and other Cllrs were given the opportunity to discuss the report.

The Chairman asked the Members if they were likely to have any questions on the content of Supplementary agenda 1 and the Martingate Centre.  It was therefore agreed that these questions and the decision on the agenda item would be made in part II of the meeting.