Decision details

FUTURE OF MILTON COUNTRY PARK

Decision Maker: Council, Resources Portfolio Holder

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Council RESOLVED:

(a)               the selection of Cambridge Sports Lakes Trust as the preferred bidder for running Milton Country Park;

(b)               that subject to due diligence by CSLT, the Council’s land should be leased to CSLT for a peppercorn, on a 99-year lease, and the land leased from the Stokes should be sub-leased on a 99-year lease, all subject to the land being used as a country park;

(c)               that at the appropriate time the Council gives notice to the County Council to end the current license and, subject to agreement by the County to lease their land to this Council, that we sub-lease it to CSLT on a 99-year lease for use as a country park, along with the SCDC land;

(d)               as part of the terms of the agreement and lease above, to approve a one-off payment of £250,000 to CSLT to enable them to take on the responsibility of running the park;

(e)               that officers be instructed to pursue the necessary legal and other work to enable the transfer to take place in late 2007 or early 2008; and

(f)                 that an appropriate agreement be entered into to ensure that the one-off payment of £250,000 to CSLT be ring-fenced for expenditure on the park.

Report author: Simon McIntosh

Publication date: 25/07/2007

Date of decision: 19/07/2007

Decided at meeting: 19/07/2007 - Council

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