Issue - meetings

This report outlines options for the site of Edmund Wilson Pool, following closure of the pool and the opening of a new pool at York High School in October 2009, and seeks approval to sell the site to T.E. Beteiligungs GmbH.

RESOLVED:(i) That Option A be approved and the tender submitted by T.E Beteiligungs GmbH be accepted, on the terms and conditions included in exempt Annex 2;

                        (ii) That authority be delegated to the Chief Officer responsible for Property Services to sell the freehold of the Edmund Wilson Pool site, Thanet Road, on the best terms available.

REASON:      In accordance with the outcome of the market testing exercise carried out in respect of the site.

Members considered a report which presented options for dealing with the site of Edmund Wilson Pool, following closure of the pool and the opening of a new pool at York High School in October 2009.

Three options were available:

Option A – sell the site to T.E Beteiligungs GmbH (trading as Lidl UK GmbH) for use as a food store.  This was the recommended option, as it would provide additional food retail space in a socially deprived residential area.  Details of T.E Beteiligungs’ offer under the tendering process were attached at (exempt) Annex 2.

Option B – sell the site for an alternative development use, e.g. residential. Such development was unlikely to attract substantial interest in the current market and in this location.

Option C – put the land into the Hob Moor Nature Reserve.  This would mean the loss of a capital receipt and the opportunity to provide food retail space.

Members thanked officers for their work on this matter.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED:(i) That Option A be approved and the tender submitted by T.E Beteiligungs GmbH be accepted, on the terms and conditions included in exempt Annex 2;¹

                        (ii) That authority be delegated to the Chief Officer responsible for Property Services to sell the freehold of the Edmund Wilson Pool site, Thanet Road, on the best terms available.²

REASON:      In accordance with the outcome of the market testing exercise carried out in respect of the site.