Issue - meetings

To seek approval for the principle of granting a new lease of land to the rear of Eastcliff Playing Fields, off Dulwich Road, Holland-on-Sea.

That Cabinet approved, in principle, the granting of a new 25 year lease of the land shown edged red and coloured yellow on the plan attached as Appendix A to item A.8 of the Report of the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety to Holland Football Club.

There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety (Report A.8), which sought Cabinet’s approval, in principle, for the granting of a new lease of land to the rear of Eastcliff Playing Fields, off Dulwich Road, Holland-on-Sea.

Cabinet was made aware that Scott Residential Limited was developing a number of bungalows on land edged green on the plan attached as Appendix A to item A.8 of the Report of the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety and was under a Section 106 planning obligation to provide open space including a basic football pitch and to construct a new pavilion on the land shown edged red on the plan and to transfer both to the Council. The proposals included the provision of a new car park on the land coloured yellow on the plan. Work on the bungalow development was already under way.

Cabinet was informed that the Council owned the land shown edged blue on the plan. It leased the land shown coloured yellow on the plan to the Holland Sports Association.

It was reported that Holland Sports Association had changed its name to Holland Football Club (“Holland FC”). Holland FC was holding over on a 14 year lease that reached the end of its contractual term on 30 November 2007.  In July 2016 the Council had served notice to end that lease in order to facilitate the development of the new facilities.

Cabinet was advised that Holland FC was seeking a new lease of the land edged red and the land coloured yellow on the plan for a 25 year term which would facilitate the seeking of grant funding for further enhancements to the ground. Holland FC was building up a fund to improve and develop the main pitch to the standards required for Step 6 Football following its promotion to the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League. Provisional terms for such a lease had been agreed by officers. Details of the terms were set out in item B.3 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 granting of a new 25 year lease of the land shown edged red and coloured yellow on the plan attached as Appendix A to item A.8 of the Report of the Portfolio Holder for Enforcement and Community Safety to Holland Football Club.