Issue - meetings

(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.

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.