Issue - meetings

This item relates to an access agreement at Stadbury Meadow car park.

The appendix to this report is exempt from publication in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), because it contains:

Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings and information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because disclosure to the public would prejudice both the financial affairs of the company and the Council as the information results from legal proceedings.

The committee was pleased that this longstanding matter was now drawing to a conclusion.  The agreement had been signed on 21 September 2021, and outstanding matters were now being administered.

It was hoped that the Council had learned lessons from this matter, in particular when assessing the risks around commencing litigation.

Resolved that the report be noted.

This item was not discussed as it did not fit within the Terms of Reference for this Committee.