Issue - meetings

Councillor Patel submits a report seeking approval to the granting of two consecutive leases of Braunstone Hall together with the adjoining stable block and walled garden to the Braunstone Community Association. The Cabinet  is asked to; approve the terms for the 5 year building lease and 125 year occupational lease, as set out in the report; delegate authority to the Director of Environment, Development and Commercial Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead Members for Strategic Planning and Regeneration and Finance and Resources to finalise the terms of the lease and to authorise the Head of Legal Services to enter in to the relevant agreements/ leases.

Councillor Patel submitted a report seeking approval to the granting of two consecutive leases to the Braunstone Community Association of Braunstone Hall together with the adjoining stable block and walled garden.

Councillor Willmott commented on the positive relations the Council had developed with the Braunstone Community Association and how the Government funding that their involvement attracted had enabled work to be carried out that the Council would not have been able to afford to fund.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the terms for the 5 year building lease and the 125 year occupational lease, as set out in the report, be approved;

(2)that authority be delegated to the Director of Environment, Development and Commercial Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead Members for Strategic Planning and Regeneration and Finance and Resources, to:-

(a) vary the terms reported in the event of circumstances arising which necessitate such a variation.

(b)take a lease back from the Braunstone Community Association, if required, to secure the continued occupation of part of the property for grounds maintenance depot or other operational purposes.

(c)to agree terms for an Agreement to Lease, if requested by the  Braunstone Community Association; and

(3)that the Head of Legal Services be authorised to enter in to the various agreements / leases referred to above.