Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)   having considered the objections and comments received, as set out in Appendix D to the Portfolio Holder’s report, in respect of the potential disposal of public open space, agrees that the loss of public open space is outweighed by the provision of a new extended school facility and by the provision of a dedicated sixth form education facility in the District;

(b)   approves, in principle,:

a.    the freehold disposal of land at Vista Road, Clacton-on-Sea, as shown edged red on the plans in Appendix A, for the purposes of educational provision, relying on the General Consent Order for the reasons set out within the report;

b.    the freehold acquisition of land at Rush Green Clacton-on-Sea, as shown edged red on the plans in Appendix B, for the purposes of public open space;

c.    the granting of rights for access and installation and use of services in the Council’s retained land at Vista Road;

d.    the revision and extension of an existing shared use agreement related to changing rooms in order to include grass and artificial pitch areas;

e.    the Council entering into an umbrella agreement with Essex County Council in order to encompass the foregoing to then secure funding from Essex County Council for various improvement works in return for the various rights granted and Tendring District Council’s undertaking to procure and carry out key improvement works at the Vista Road site;

(c)   authorises officers to procure, contract and carry out the key improvement works and such other works that are shown on the plans and listed at Appendix C and other improvements that are considered necessary by the Corporate Director (Operational Services), subject to the sufficiency of funding;

(d)   authorises the Deputy Chief Executive and the Corporate Director (Operational Services), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Finance & Governance, to enter into the necessary legal agreements to deliver this project.