Issue - meetings
Temporary Lease at Torry Battery
Meeting: 02/03/2020 - Council (Item 8)
8 Temporary Lease at Torry Battery - RES/20/058 PDF 89 KB
Additional documents:
- Appendix I - Lease of Ground at Torry Battery, item 8 PDF 311 KB
- Appendix II - Lease of Ground at Torry Battery, item 8 PDF 958 KB
Decision:
(i) acting in their capacity as trustee of the Lands of Torry (charity number SC021299) to:
a. approve the recommendation to grant a 5 year lease of ground in and adjacent to the Torry Battery to Greyhope Bay Ltd at a proposed peppercorn rent of £1.00 per annum; and
b. instruct the Chief Officer – Governance to conclude the appropriate legal agreements incorporating various qualifications as necessary to protect the Council’s and Trust’s interests; and
(ii) to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to advise members, by way of email, of the discussions held in respect of the proposal with the University of Aberdeen.
Minutes:
The Council had before it a report by the Director of Resources which advised of an approach by Greyhope Bay Ltd to lease ground within and adjacent to the Torry Battery.
The report recommended:-
that the Council acting in their capacity as trustee of the Lands of Torry (charity number SC021299) to:
1. approve the recommendation to grant a 5 year lease of ground in and adjacent to the Torry Battery to Greyhope Bay Ltd at a proposed peppercorn rent of £1.00 per annum; and
2. instruct the Chief Officer – Governance to conclude the appropriate legal agreements incorporating various qualifications as necessary to protect the Council’s and Trust’s interests.
The Council resolved:-
(i) to approve the recommendation as contained in the report; and
(ii) to instruct the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord to advise members, by way of email, of the discussions held in respect of the proposal with the University of Aberdeen.