Agenda Document Pack - Property Sub-Committee - 07/08/2023
Perth and Kinross Council · 7 August 2023
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Securing the future… • Improving services • Enhancing quality of life • Making the best use of public resources Council Building 2 High Street Perth PH1 5PH 01/08/2023 A hybrid meeting of the Property Sub-Committee will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday, 07 August 2023 at 13:00. If you have any queries please contact Committee Services on (01738) 475000 or email Committee@pkc.gov.uk. THOMAS GLEN Chief Executive Those attending the meeting are requested to ensure that all notifications are silent on their device and other devices are in silent mode. Please note that the meeting will be broadcast online and recorded. The recording will be publicly available on the Council’s website following the meeting. Members: Councillor Grant Laing (Convener) Councillor Eric Drysdale (Vice-Convener) Councillor Peter Barrett Councillor Andy Chan Councillor Dave Cuthbert Councillor Angus Forbes Councillor Tom McEwan Page 1 of 6
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Property Sub-Committee Monday, 07 August 2023 AGENDA MEMBERS ARE REMINDED OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO DECLARE ANY FINANCIAL OR NON-FINANCIAL INTEREST WHICH THEY MAY HAVE IN ANY ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCILLORS’ CODE OF CONDUCT. 1 WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3 MINUTE OF MEETING OF 1 MAY 2023 FOR APPROVAL (copy herewith) 5 - 6 IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM(S) IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS EXEMPT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 P1 DISPOSAL OF FORMER BURNSIDE PUBLIC TOILETS, BURNSIDE ROAD, PITLOCHRY • Exempt Reason 6 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority). • Exempt Reason 9 - Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services. P2 MINUTE OF MEETING OF 1 MAY 2023 - APPENDIX • Exempt Reason 6 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority). • Exempt Reason 9 - Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services. • Exempt Reason 13 - Information which, if disclosed to the public, would reveal that the authority proposes – (a) to give under any enactment a notice under or by virtue of which requirements are imposed on a person; or (b) to make an order or direction under any enactment. Page 3 of 6
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PROPERTY SUB-COMMITTEE Minute of hybrid meeting of the Property Sub-Committee of the Finance and Resources Committee held in the Council Chamber, 2 High Street, Perth on Monday 1 May 2023 at 1.00pm. Present: Councillors G Laing, E Drysdale, P Barrett, A Chan, D Cuthbert, S Donaldson (Substituting for T McEwan) and A Forbes. In Attendance: B Renton (Executive Director – Communities), B Cargill, K Doherty, J Janes, David Littlejohn, M McCaskie, A Peace, E Ritchie, B Watt (all Communities), G Boland (Education and Children’s Services), S Crawford, G Fogg, J Guild, C MacLeod, M Pasternak, R Ramsay, D Robertson (all Corporate and Democratic Services). Councillor G Laing, Convener, Presiding. 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES Councillor G Laing welcomed all present to the meeting. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST No Declarations of Interest were made in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. MINUTE OF MEETING OF PROPERTY SUB-COMMITTEE OF 11 JANUARY 2023 The minute of meeting of the Property Sub-Committee of 11 January 2023 was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. LEARNING ESTATE PROGRAMME – PROGRESS UPDATE There was submitted a report by the Executive Director (Education and Children’s Services) (23/123) updating Property Sub-Committee on the progress for delivering the current major projects within the Education and Children’s Services (ECS) Learning Estate Programme. Detailed within were key milestones which have been achieved since the last update to the Property Sub-Committee on 13 June 2022. Resolved: The significant milestones that have been achieved, rescheduled or updated since the previous Property Sub-Committee on 13 June 2022, be noted. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PUBLIC AND PRESS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN ORDER TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS EXEMPT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973. 3 Page 5 of 6
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P1. STRATHCONA, SPOUTWELLS ROAD, SCONE, PERTH There was submitted a report by the Head of Planning and Development (23/124) seeking authority to acquire an abandoned, privately owned property known as Strathcona, Spoutwells Road, Scone. Resolved: The recommendations of Report 23/124, be approved. P2. DISPOSAL: SHOPS 1-5 LEONARD STREET, PERTH There was submitted a report by the Head of Planning and Development (23/125) asking Committee to make a decision on the disposal of the property at 1-5 Leonard Street, Perth, which is held on the Council’s Housing Revenue Account. Resolved: The disposal of property at 1-5 Leonard Street, Perth, be refused. P3. OFFERS RECEIVED TO LEASE A SITE AT RIE-ACHAN ROAD CAR PARK, PITLOCHRY FOR A CLASS 3 BUSINESS USE There was submitted a report by the Executive Director (Communities) (23/126) seeking approval to accept one of the offers received following a marketing exercise to lease a site within the Council owned and operated Rie-Achan Road Car Park in Pitlochry. Motion (Councillors G Laing and E Drysdale) To approve the offer as set out in Appendix 3 to Report No. 23/126. Proposed Amendment (Councillor P Barrett) To refuse both offers and cease further marketing activity. Under the terms of Standing Order 18.3, as no seconder to the amendment was forthcoming, the amendment subsequently fell. Under the terms of Standing Order 22.1, Councillor P Barrett requested his dissent to the decision be recorded. Resolved: The offer as set out in Appendix 3 to Report No. 23/126, be approved. Page 6 of 6