Decision details

To consider and approve the terms provisionally agreed with Leeds Metropolitan University for the University’s acquisition of Council owned land at Portland Gate, Leeds 1 (to the rear of Civic Hall).

The Director of Development submitted a report on the proposed disposal of C Car Park and the former Civic Hall Annex site to Leeds Metropolitan University following detailed negotiations between the university and the Development Department on a one to one basis.  The report presented the options of retaining the site in its existing use for car parking purposes, of disposing of the site on the open market and of the disposal to Leeds Metropolitan University.  Following consideration of the appendix to the report designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3) which was circulated at the meeting and considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting it was

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the disposal of C Car Park and the former Civic Hall Annex site to Leeds Metropolitan University on the main terms and conditions outlined within the Confidential Appendix to the report and any other appropriate terms which may arise in the future, to be approved by the Director of Development.

Members of the Council