Decision details

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure            which sought approval of the terms and conditions of sale of the property to Fittie Community Development Trust (FCDT) as part of a Community Asset Transfer.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       approve the sale of the property to Fittie Community Development Trust at the price outlined in the report;

(b)       remit it to the Head of Legal & Democratic Services to formally conclude the sale of the property, on terms and conditions as are necessary to protect the Council’s interests;

(c)        rescind the previous decision of this Committee’s meeting of 7th June, 2016 (Item 32, approved recommendation (c) in the Minutes) requiring the C.A.T. of the property to contain appropriate “clawback” provisions.

(d)       note the information in this report on the potential award of a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, to implement a development / improvement scheme, to turn the building into a Community Centre and if a grant is awarded, the potential timeline to complete the works; and

(e)       note that the process followed to date by FCDT and the recommendations of this report, whilst not formally within the legislation, are entirely consistent with the City Council’s policy on Community Asset Transfers, as set at this Committee’s meeting on 9th March, 2017 (see Item 30 on page 24 of the Minutes).

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.