Issue - meetings

[To declare Lower Bradley Community Centre surplus to Council requirements and agree the redevelopment strategy for the asset as a health and social care spoke facility]

1.      That Lower Bradley Community Centre be declared surplus to the Council’s requirements

2.      That disposal of the asset listed to the current occupying GP surgery upon terms and conditions to be agreed for redevelopment as a health and social care spoke facility with provision for the Council to enter into a leaseback arrangement for the continued operation of the community centre, be approved.

3.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Deputy Chief Executive to approve the terms of the disposal and leaseback through an Individual Executive Decision Notice.

4.      That it be noted that while there is a financial benefit to the Council as a result of the capital receipt, the ongoing revenue costs associated with the support provided to the Community Association would increase, these costs can however be contained within existing budgets in the event that the further work to explore opportunities to reduce those costs are exhausted without success.

5.      That it be noted that any modest increase in ongoing revenue costs is considered acceptable due to the community benefits that would arise from the revised facility developed on the site.

Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal presented the report on a proposal to declare Lower Bradley Community Centre surplus to the Council’s requirements and to agree a development strategy for the asset as a health and social care spoke facility.  The property was currently occupied by a GP surgery and a Community Association.  The GP surgery approached the Council with a proposal to purchase the site in conjunction with the Clinical Commissioning Group and redevelop it as a health and social care spoke facility.  The proposal would also see the lease back of the asset in part to retain the community element of the facility along with offering additional health services on the site.

Resolved:

1.    That Lower Bradley Community Centre be declared surplus to the Council’s requirements

2.    That disposal of the asset listed to the current occupying GP surgery upon terms and conditions to be agreed for redevelopment as a health and social care spoke facility with provision for the Council to enter into a leaseback arrangement for the continued operation of the community centre, be approved.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Deputy Chief Executive to approve the terms of the disposal and leaseback through an Individual Executive Decision Notice.

4.    That it be noted that while there is a financial benefit to the Council as a result of the capital receipt, the ongoing revenue costs associated with the support provided to the Community Association would increase, these costs can however be contained within existing budgets in the event that the further work to explore opportunities to reduce those costs are exhausted without success.

5.    That it be noted that any modest increase in ongoing revenue costs is considered acceptable due to the community benefits that would arise from the revised facility developed on the site.