CAT 3 Calderglen - 21 05 25 ILE
Renfrewshire Council · 21 May 2025
Back to Community Asset Transfer Sub-committee — 21 May 2025 and its agenda
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2 ___________________________________________________________________ To: Infrastructure, Land & Environment Policy Board Community Asset Transfer Sub-Committee On: 21 May 2025 ___________________________________________________________________ Report by: Chief Executive ___________________________________________________________________ Heading: Community Asset Transfer Request – Calderglen Playing Fields, Lochlip Road, Lochwinnoch - Update ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Summary 1.1 The purpose of this report is to inform the Sub-Committee of an administrative error in the processing of the asset transfer request concerning Calderglen Playing Fields and to seek approval to pause the formalisation of the asset transfer, pending a re-consultation on the current application submitted by Calderglen Community SCIO ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Recommendations 2.1 It is recommended that the CAT Sub-Committee:- (i) Note the contents of this report; and (ii) Approve the Head of Economy and Development and the Head of Corporate Governance to pause the formalisation of the transfer to recommence the public consultation process for the current application submitted by Calderglen Community SCIO. ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Background 3.1 The CAT Sub-Committee approved the asset transfer of Calderglen Playing Fields, which form part of Lochwinnoch Public Park, to Calderglen Community SCIO on 28 August 2024.
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3 3.2 It has come to officer’s attention that, in this instance, the Council did not publish the asset transfer request in accordance with Regulations 6 and 7 of The Asset Transfer Request (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (the Regulations) which set out arrangements for how other people are to be made aware that an asset transfer request has been made, and how they can make representations about it. 3.3 The Regulations state that the relevant authority must 6(1) give notice of the making of the asset transfer request; and 7(1) publish a notice in accordance with this regulation, which 7(2)(a) be published on a website or by other electronic means and (b) be displayed at a public place in the vicinity of the land to which the asset transfer request relates. 3.4 A notice with all documents relating to the asset transfer request was published on the Council’s website and was issued to OneRen and the Lochwinnoch Community Council in accordance with the Regulations, however, a notice was not displayed in a public place. This has been an genuine administrative oversight on the part of officers. ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Proposed Action 4.1 This matter has been discussed between the Head of Economy and Development and the Head of Corporate Governance. 4.2 In order to comply with the regulations, it is proposed to pause the formalisation of the asset transfer and to recommence the consultation process for the current application by Calderglen Community SCIO, including the placement of a site notice on the application site. The notice will also again be displayed on the Council’s website. 4.3 The site notice will be displayed for the mandatory 20 working days, with a further 20 working days allowed for the community transfer body to respond to any representations received. The application will then be considered at a subsequent CAT Panel meeting, where officers will once again provide their recommendations to the Sub-Committee. 4.4 Following the outcome of the consultation, a further report will be submitted to a subsequent meeting of the Sub-Committee to update elected members on the consultation results and the CAT Panel’s recommendations. ______________________________________________________________ Implications of the Report 1. Financial – None. All costs are met from within existing approved budgets 2. HR & Organisational Development – None.
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4 3. Community Planning – not applicable. 4. Legal (a) Conveyancing of the asset transfer request has been paused and the community transfer body informed. 5. Property/Assets – Report concerns the transfer of asset reference 123095682. 6. Information Technology – None. 7. Equality & Human Rights - The Recommendations contained within this report have been assessed in relation to their impact on equalities and human rights. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of individuals’ human rights have been identified arising from the recommendations contained in the report. 8. Health & Safety – None. 9. Procurement – Not applicable. 10. Risk – None. 11. Privacy Impact – Not applicable. 12. Climate Risk – Not applicable. 13. Children’s Rights - This report does not cover a new policy, function or strategy nor a substantive change to an existing policy, function or strategy which will have an impact on children’s rights. 14. Cosla Policy Position – not applicable. _________________________________________________________ List of Background Papers a) CAT Request for Calderglen Playing Fields, ILE CAT Sub-Committee, 28 August 2024 ________________________________________________________________ Author: Sandra Inrig – 0141 487 1447 or 07974 071238. sandra.inrig@renfrewshire.gov.uk