Issue - meetings

Disposal of Property in Bourton on the Water

Purpose

To request a decision to dispose of former Visitor Information Centre building in Bourton on the Water.

Recommendations

That Cabinet resolves to:

1. Approve the recommendation to dispose of the former Visitor Information Centre building in Victoria Street Bourton on the Water

2. Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Finance to approve the final terms of the sale including sale price.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The purpose of the report was to request a decision to dispose of former Visitor Information Centre building in Bourton on the Water.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance introduced the report, explaining the background to the item;

The property was a visitor information centre which had been closed.
The property was therefore vacant, and the preferred option was to sell this, which would generate an estimated capital receipt of £235,000.
If the Council chose to keep the property it would incur costs to manage it.

The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Evemy and were seconded by Councillor Joe Harris.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet

1. APPROVED the recommendation to dispose of the former Visitor Information Centre building in Victoria Street Bourton on the Water

2. DELEGATED AUTHORITY to the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Finance to approve the final terms of the sale including sale price.

Voting Record

8 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstention, 0 Absent/Did not vote

Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to request a decision to dispose of former Visitor Information Centre building in Bourton-on-the-Water.

Councillor Bloomer returned to the meeting at the start of this item.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, Councillor Evemy, introduced the report and made the following points:

The background to the property was that the visitor information centre has been vacant since February 2024 after closing down.
The property was therefore redundant and after taking advice, it was identified that there was no strategic use for the building for the Council. Therefore, it was recommended that the Council disposes of the asset.
A net capital receipt of £235,000 after costs of selling the property was accounted for.
Holding on to the property would bring its own costs in maintaining of the property.

There were no questions or comments from Cabinet.

The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Evemy and were seconded by Councillor Joe Harris