Issue - meetings

Transfer of land to the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal Trust.

 

 

Meeting: 17/05/2016 - Cabinet Capital Assets Committee (Item 31)

31 Transfer of land to the Wiltshire and Berkshire Canal Trust.

Report by Dr Carlton Brand, Corporate Director

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Toby Sturgis, Cabinet Member for Operational Property, presented a report whichsought authorisation for the transfer, by way of long lease or freehold (as appropriate), of 6 areas of land in Wiltshire to the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust (WBCT) to enable it to fulfil its aim of re-creating a navigable canal route linking the Kennet & Avon Canal at Semington.

 

Resolved

 

  1. That Committee is asked to support the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust by agreeing to the principle of transferring the assets listed in this report.

 

  1. That Committee delegates authority to the Associate Director for People & Business, the Associate Director for Finance and the Associate Director for legal and governance in consultation with Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Skills, Strategic Transport and Strategic Property, Cllr Fleur de Rhé-Philipe the basis of transfer (freehold or long leasehold) and the detailed terms of each transfer/lease.

 

  1. That Committee confirms at this time that its intentions are limited to transferring the assets only and they do not extend to seeking compulsory purchase powers on behalf of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

To support the aspirations of the Council’s business plan, the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust’s aims, the Council’s Core strategy and to reduce the Council’s liabilities associated with those pieces of land already restored.