Lease of Land at Allan Street Draffen Street Motherwell
North Lanarkshire Council · 13 September 2023
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Finance and Resources Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☐ Yes ☒ No Ref IM/JMcK Date 13/09/23 Lease of Land at Allan Street/Draffen Street, Motherwell From James McKinstry, Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) E-mail MartinI@northlan.gov.uk Telephone Ian Martin 07966 397637 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to advise Committee of the action taken by the Depute Chief Executive following consultation with the Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee to approve a 175-year lease agreement between NLC and SP Distribution PLC for a new substation, associated equipment and servitudes for rights of access on land at Allan Street and Draffen Street, Motherwell. Recommendations It is recommended that the Finance and Resources Committee: (1) Acknowledges the grant of a new lease to SP Distribution PLC or their nominees for a substation and associated servitude for cables, pedestrian and vehicular rights of access on land at Allan Street and Draffen Street, Motherwell on the terms detailed within this report; and (2) All other terms and conditions to be adjusted by the Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement) The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Improve economic opportunities and outcomes Ambition statement (3) Maximise the use of our marketable land and assets through improved development in business and industrial infrastructure
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1. Background 1.1 On 29th April 2022 a contract was awarded by NLC for the demolition of three high-rise tower blocks Coursington, Allan and Draffen in Motherwell. During the demolition process which included service isolation, an issue was identified in progressing the service disconnection works required for the demolition to take place. Within each of the three towers, there is a sub-station to service the tower, which can be the case from time to time. 1.2 Although there was an awareness of the sub-stations being in situ, the service drawings obtained did not reflect that the sub-stations were also connected into the local grid to provide additional capacity for the network infrastructure in the area. 1.3 This information only came to light when the demolition contractor commenced the disconnection process and started to engage with Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN). 1.4 The additional time to undertake these service redirection works resulted in the need to instruct the demolition contractor to provide a protective structure over the sub- station at Coursington Tower to allow the demolition works to progress. 1.5 A full design and agreement is in place with SPEN for the provision of a new substation on a site owned by NLC out with the confines of the building that will take over the loading from the existing towers and allow the demolition works to progress. 1.6 The Housing Property Services team, to reduce further delay, has requested that the electrical substation lease be agreed outside the committee cycle to enable the redirections to be complete and allow the demolition to conclude. 2. Report 2.1 The substation is to be sited within an area of ground at Allan Street, Motherwell, as shown on the plan attached at Appendix 1. 2.1.1 Proposed area to be leased extends to 25 square metres (269 sq. ft.) or thereby. 2.1.2 A servitude right of access for cables, pedestrian and vehicular access to the substation will be taken from Allan Street. 2.2 Lease Proposal A provisional agreement has been reached with SP Distribution PLC on the following terms and conditions: 2.2.1 Rent: £1 per annum (if asked) 2.2.2 Term: 175 years 2.2.3 Date of Entry: Upon conclusion of missives or as agreed between the parties.
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3. Measures of success 3.1 Formalisation of the 175 year substation lease between NLC and SP Distribution PLC to complete the planned demolition of the three tower blocks. 4. Supporting documentation Appendix 1 – Location Plan James McKinstry Chief Officer (Assets and Procurement)
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5. Impacts 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts been discussed and agreed with Finance? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts been discussed and agreed with People Resources? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☒ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? The council will be entering in to a formal lease agreement with SP Distribution PLC. Instructions will be issued to Legal Services as part of this transaction. 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact
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Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for significant technology change, has an assessment been carried out (or is scheduled to be carried out) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services. 5.11 Children’s rights and wellbeing impact Does the report contain any information regarding any council activity, service delivery, policy, or plan that has an impact on children and young people up to the age of 18, or on a specific group of these? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact and the provision that has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the relevant Articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). If Yes, has a Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) been carried out? Yes ☐ No ☐
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Appendix 1