Decision details

With reference to article 16 of the minute of its meeting of 24 September 2013, the Sub Committee had before it a report by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure which provided members with an update on activities in relation to properties which had been declared surplus to the Council’s requirements or were currently vacant awaiting a decision on future use. 

The report recommended –

that the Sub Committee –

(a)       note the position in relation to all the vacant and surplus assets, as identified in Appendices A, B and C of the report;

(b)       note the lease of the following properties held on the tenanted non residential portfolio, concluded since the Sub Committee’s meeting on 24 September 2013:-

·        Unit 8 Farburn Industrial Estate, Dyce, £21,600

·        Suites 2,3B,4,5 10-14 27-29 King Street, Aberdeen, £76,100

·        Units 4,5 and rear compound, Kirkton Avenue, £45,000

·        Unit 3 Tillydrone Shopping Centre, £2,400

·        Unit 4, 61 Cotton Street, 17,500

·        Units 7 and 8 Woodlands Road, Dyce, £35,000

·        Unit 9 Kirkhill Place, Dyce, £19,500;

(c)        note the update on the former Victoria Road School.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

(i)          to approve the recommendations;

(ii)        to instruct officers to provide an update on the status of Leadside Road Community Centre at its next meeting; and

(iii)      in relation to Tillydrone Shopping Centre Unit 7, Hayton Road, Tillydrone, to instruct officers to write to the Director of Housing and Environment asking for confirmation as to when this unit would be required as part of the forthcoming regeneration works in that area.

- COUNCILLOR YVONNE ALLAN, Convener.