Archived decisions

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority Item 13

16 September 2009

Disposal of Winchester Fire Station site

Report of the Chief Officer

1

Introduction

1.1

At its meeting on 10 December 2008 the Authority resolved:

"That the offer submitted by Renaissance Retirement Limited for the freehold of Winchester Fire Station and 60 North Walls, Winchester be accepted on the basis that the completion of the sale shall not take place until 1 April 2011 or earlier by agreement between the parties."

1.2

Renaissance Retirement Limited was the highest bidder, but regrettably were unable to proceed with the purchase. As a result the site was re-marketed.

1.3

Eleven new offers were received by the closing date. All but one of them are subject to obtaining planning permission. Detailed analysis of these is underway, but at the time of preparing this report it is too early to for our estates advisers to recommend a preferred bidder to the Authority.

1.4

In the interests of making progress with the sale as quickly as possible, it is recommended that delegated authority be given to the Chief Officer - in consultation with the Clerk and Treasurer - to accept the offer that is considered by the officers to be in the best interests of the Authority. If a preferred bidder can be determined in time for the Authority's meeting then the recommendation will be made amended accordingly.

2

Recommendation

2.1

That Chief Officer be given delegated authority to accept the most economically advantageous offer for the disposal Winchester Fire Station site in North Walls, Winchester subject to the details of the accepted offer being reported to the Finance and General Purposes Committee in due course.

3

People Impact Assessment

3.1

There are no specific issues arising from this report to bring to the attention of Members. The proposal is considered compatible with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

4

Background Information (Section 100D of Local Government Act 1972)

4.1

There are no other documents that disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based or otherwise relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of the report.

4.2

The details of offers received contain commercially confidential information and is therefore not being disclosed as part of this report.