Issue - meetings

To seek approval, in principle, for the disposal of 166m2 of land at Dovercourt Green to facilitate development of the redundant Delford’s factory site.

That Cabinet approved, in principle, the disposing of 166m² of land at Dovercourt Green in order to provide access for development.

There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety (Report A.7), which sought Cabinet’s approval, in principle, for the disposal of land at Dovercourt Green to facilitate development of the redundant Delford’s factory site.

It was reported that the redundant Delfords Factory site lay immediately north of Dovercourt Green, off Main Road, Dovercourt. It had lain vacant and derelict for some years. Between the redundant factory site and Main Road the Council owned Dovercourt Green, which was public open space and registered as a Town/Village Green.

Cabinet was advised that the current owner had agreed to sell the site factory site to a housing association which planed to develop around 70 new homes. In order to provide the highway access requested by Essex County Council the existing access  must be reconstructed and widened to include footways.

Cabinet was made aware that terms had been provisionally agreed with the current owner to dispose of the necessary access land. The detail of those terms was outlined in item B.2 of the Report of the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety.

Having considered the information provided together with the advice of Officers:-

It was moved by Councillor G V Guglielmi, seconded by Councillor Watling and:-

RESOLVED that Cabinet approves, in principle, the disposing of 166m² of land at Dovercourt Green in order to provide access for development.