The Cabinet has agreed to sell Council owned land off Chapel Lane as part of its business plan to sell off unwanted assets.
Cheshire East will dispose of the Remenham site, which is considered surplus to requirements, to generate money and enable the land to be used to deliver new homes.
The Remenham site, which covers 1.92 acres, is situated in a residential area which is accessed off Chapel Lane and consists of two buildings - a three storey former house built around 1870 and a 1960s institution building (pictured above).
However, the developable area of the site is restricted to approximately 1 acre due to a number of Tree Preservation Orders and a large sewer drain which runs through the centre of the site.
Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972 enables local authorities to dispose of land provided they obtain the best price that can reasonably be obtained.
In order to prevent land banking by a developer there will be a condition in the agreement, between the Council and the purchaser, allowing the Council to reacquire the site if development does not commence within a certain timeframe.
Residential property agent, Colliers International has been appointed to market the site through open market informal tendering.
Cheshire East Cabinet agreed that the land will be disposed of on terms and conditions to be determined by the Director of Economic Growth and Prosperity and Interim Head of Legal Services.
The Council intends to complete this disposal within the early part of the 2014/15 financial year.
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The council now say they are going to sell the site, how come then, For Sale, notices were erected approximately 2 years ago and then removed. The car park resurfacing was a complete waste of our money, I wonder if the car parking fees have covered the cost of the upgrade, ticket machines and wardens controlling the site.
I wonder if the council were aware of the tree preservation and sewerage pipe when the site was originally put up for sale, if not this is another Lyme Green.
Incidentally some of the lights have been on 24/7 in the former council offices since the last employee left.
As regards tree preservation orders, having looked around the site, only one tree is worth saving (under a TPO), and the rest are rubbish Laurels and other, like Holly.
It seems incredulous that Jones, at his Adlington Road presentation seems to ignore TPOs, and Cheshire East wants to preserve them, where there is a ragbag collection.
This site is ideal for flats for 1 or 2 people