Issue - meetings

The Pembroke Centre, Ruislip (Cllr Jonathan Bianco)

 

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - CABINET (Item 8)

The Pembroke Centre, Ruislip *

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Cabinet:

 

1.     Declares that The Pembroke Centre, 90 Pembroke Road Ruislip, HA4 8NX is surplus to requirements; the Property as shown on Plan A in the report.

2.     Authorises the sale of the freehold interest in The Pembroke Centre to GP Confederation and One Medical Property at the value and terms as detailed in the report.

3.     Authorises a short-term letting of the ground floor of the premises to GP Confederation and One Medical Property for GP services prior to disposal of the freehold interest.

4.     Delegates all future decisions regarding this disposal to the Cabinet Member for Property, Highways & Transport, in conjunction with the Corporate Director of Place.

 

Reasons for decision

 

Cabinet agreed to declare surplus a vacant Council owned building called the Pembroke Centre in Ruislip and authorised a property transaction between the Council and the GP Confederation and One Medical Property.

 

The Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and Transport welcomed that this would provide a new state of the art health and wellbeing facility, supporting the healthcare provision of up to 16,000 local residents.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

 

Cabinet considered various options as set out in the report, including residential development and renting the building, but discounted these on viability and best value grounds.

 

Relevant Select Committee

Property, Highways and Transport

Expiry date for any scrutiny call-in / date decision can be implemented (if no call-in)

These decisions can be called-in by 5pm, Monday 5 June 2023

Officer(s) to action

James Raven

Directorate

Place Directorate

Classification

Private - Whilst the Cabinet's decisions above are always made public, the officer report relating to this matter is not because it was considered in the private part of the meeting and 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 in accordance with Section 100(A) and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

*Urgency - In accordance with the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, theChairman of the Property, Highways and Transport Select Committee was notified under Rule 15 of the Rules on Access to Information in the Constitution (General Exception to give advance notice of key decision) that it was impracticable to give public notice of this matter on the Forward Plan.