Decision details

Disposal of Highgrove House, Eastcote Road, Ruislip - (Cllr Jonathan Bianco)

Decision Maker: CABINET

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

RESOLVED:

 

That Cabinet authorises officers to re-market Highgrove House and agrees that it should be sold in the open market by a method to be decided by the Head of Corporate Property Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Business Services.  

 

Reasons for decision

 

Cabinet considered that as there was no service requirement for Highgrove House the best option would be to sell it which would generate a capital receipt that would contribute to the Council’s Social Services Modernisation programme and Housing Revenue Account development programme.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

 

A number of options were considered and rejected including the use of Highgrove House as a hostel after re-commissioning, conversion to multiple occupation to meet other housing and accommodation needs or to leave the property vacant and unused. These options were deemed too costly.

 

Officer to action:

 

Mayur Patel, Finance and Resouces

 

Exempt Information

 

This report was included in Part II as it contained information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information) and the public interest in withholding the information outweighed the public interest in disclosing it (exempt information under paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 as amended.

 

 

Publication date: 17/07/2009

Date of decision: 16/07/2009

Decided at meeting: 16/07/2009 - CABINET

Effective from: 25/07/2009

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