Issue - meetings

Report by Corporate Director Alistair Cunningham

Councillor Philip Whitehead presented the report requesting Cabinet approve the appropriation of land identified in the report from education purposes to public open space to be held as a corporate asset under the Open Spaces Act 1906.

Matters highlighted in the course of the presentation and discussion included: the field previously being used by Fitzmaurice Primary School for recreation purposes; the school confirming that they no longer needed the field, due to the land being detached from the school’s main boundary, concerns about subsidence and anti-social use of the land.

Councillor Ian Thorn expressed his support for the land to be held as a corporate asset.

Councillor John Hubbard indicated that the Children Select Committee had received a briefing from the Estates Officer about the appropriation and the protection in place for the land, including designation as Local Green Space. The Cabinet noted that the Select Committee’s had sufficient input into the report.

The Leader thanked Councillor Hubbard for his comments and the added value provided by the Select Committee.

Resolved:

To approve the appropriation of the land at Poulton Field, Bradford on Avon (as shown on the plan in Appendix 1 of the report) from education purposes to open space to be held under the Open Spaces Act 1906.

Reason for Decision:

Following the decision of Fitzmaurice Primary School that they no longer

require use of the land the appropriation is required to appropriate the field

from education purposes to open space to be held by the Council as a

corporate asset under the Open Spaces Act 1906.