Decision details

Approval of Executive Board is sought to the sale of the former East Leeds Leisure Centre (site A and B) to the Temple Newsam Partnership Cooperative Trust on the terms detailed in the confidential appendix to the report.

The Director of City Development and the Director of Children’s Services submitted a joint report which sought approval of the sale of the subject site on the terms as detailed within the exempt appendix to the submitted report.

The Board noted a point of clarification that the proposal was to sell the site to the Temple Learning Foundation, and not the Temple Newsam Partnership, as detailed within the submitted report.

Following consideration of Appendix 1 to the submitted report, designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the sale of the subject site to the Temple Learning Foundation for development as a new school and on the terms as detailed within the exempt appendix to the submitted report, be approved;

(b)  That it be noted that the Head of Land and Property will be responsible for the implementation of such matters, as outlined within the submitted report.

(The Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules state that a decision may be declared as being exempt from Call In if it is considered that any delay would seriously prejudice the Council’s or the public’s interests. As such, it was determined that the resolutions relating to this report were exempt from the Call In process as timetabling for the proposed opening of the first phase of the school is September 2015, creating a very tight deadline in which to finalise legal work associated with the sale, obtaining planning consent, works procurement and completion of the conversion of the leisure centre)

Briefings with Executive and Ward Members

Executive Members:

Councillor Judith Blake

Councillor Richard Lewis

Ward Members:

Councillor Mick Lyons

Councillor Judith Cummins

Councillor Katherine Mitchell