Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development providing an update on the proposals emerging for the Holt Park District Centre site and which seeks approval to the terms of a land transaction with Asda in order to facilitate their centre reconfiguration and improvement proposals.

(Please note that Appendix 2 to this report is designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3))

Further to Minute No. 138, 17^th December 2014, the Director of City Development submitted a report providing an update on the proposals emerging for the Holt Park District Centre site and which sought approval to the terms of a land transaction with Asda in order to facilitate their reconfiguration and improvement proposals.

In considering the report, Members noted and discussed the current position regarding the sitting tenants within the centre. 

Following the consideration of Appendix 2 to the submitted report designated as being 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 positive progress achieved to deliver future improvements to the Holt Park District Centre and the surrounding vacant land, be noted, with it also being noted that a further report will be submitted to Executive Board in due course;

(b)  That approval be given for all Council owned land within the site boundaries, as shown in Appendix 1A and 1B to the submitted report, be declared as operationally surplus;

(c)  That the terms of the property transaction with Asda, as set out in exempt appendix 2 to the submitted report, be approved;

(d)  That the approval of the final disposal boundary and the associated terms be delegated to the Director for City Development, with the concurrence of the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning;

(e)  That the position with the affected tenants as named within exempt appendix 2 to the submitted report, be noted; and that any future decisions deemed necessary be delegated to the Director for Resources and Housing, with the concurrence of the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning.

(During the consideration of this item Councillor Golton drew the Board’s attention to the fact that the North West Leeds Liberal Democrat office was located in this district centre).