Issue - meetings

To create a task group to discuss a modification to the Community Letting Policy.

Appendix B to this report contains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because, disclosure to the public would prejudice the financial position of the authority in any lease, contract or other type of negotiation with the tenant who could then know the position of the Council

The committee:

1.    Established a task group, as set out in the report, consisting of Councillors Attewell, Boughtflower, Nichols, Sexton and either the chair or vice-chair of the Economic Development Committee.

2.    Agreed that Officers were not to pursue such applications until the Committee had approved a strategy.

The current policy did not provide a mechanism for the community to bid to use council owned sites.  It was therefore necessary to review the policy before any further decisions were made.

Some of the examples in the exempt appendix were discussed, in particular whether the sites were described correctly.  This information would be reviewed by the task group.  The task group would also review the structure of the policy to ensure that it was able to cater for a range of scenarios.

The committee:

1.    Established a task group, as set out in the report, consisting of Councillors Attewell, Boughtflower, Nichols, Sexton and either the chair or vice-chair of the Economic Development Committee.

2.    Agreed that Officers were not to pursue such applications until the Committee had approved a strategy.