Issue - meetings

At their meeting of January 2010 the Executive were presented with two options in respect of the former scouts’ hut site on 2 Coniston Gardens, NW9 OBB (adjacent to Oliver Goldsmith Primary School): to dispose of the site to a Housing Association for the provision of two large family homes or to retain the land within the council’s portfolio and develop Extended Services from the site.  The Executive agreed at that meeting to dispose of the site to a Housing Association.  This report provides the Executive with an update on that decision and recommends that the decision be revoked and the site be retained within the council’s portfolio for educational and community use.

(i)         that the decision made by the January 2010 Executive meeting to dispose of the site to a Housing Association be revoked and instead to retain the site within the council’s portfolio for educational and community use;

(ii)        that officers re-engage with Oliver Goldsmith Primary School and various council service areas to establish the potential service options and appropriate funding streams available to support the development and sustainable use of the site for the local community and/or educational purposes.

At their meeting of January 2010 the Executive were presented with two options in respect of the former scouts’ hut site on 2 Coniston Gardens, NW9 (adjacent to Oliver Goldsmith Primary School): to dispose of the site to a housing association for the provision of two large family homes or to retain the land within the council’s portfolio and develop Extended Services from the site.  The Executive agreed at that meeting to dispose of the site to a housing association.  Councillor J Moher (Lead Member, Highways and Transportation) introduced the report before members which proposed the revocation of the previous decision and to instead retain the site for educational used under the school’s management. Councillor Moher advised that the scout hut on the site was derelict and beyond repair and the housing association proposal had been withdrawn. In the interim, the scout hut would be demolished and the land used as a wild life area. In the longer term, Oliver Goldsmith school would welcome the opportunity to draw up proposals for use of the site, using capital funding, recognising the need for family learning and raising attainment levels.

RESOLVED:-

(i)         that the decision made by the January 2010 Executive meeting to dispose of the site to a Housing Association be revoked and instead to retain the site within the council’s portfolio for educational and community use;

(ii)        that officers re-engage with Oliver Goldsmith Primary School and various council service areas to establish the potential service options and appropriate funding streams available to support the development and sustainable use of the site for the local community and/or educational purposes.