Issue - meetings

acting in its capacity as trustee of the Lands of Torry (charity number SC021299) -

(i)             approve the granting of a 20-year lease of The Torry Battery to Greyhope Bay Ltd at a proposed peppercorn rent of £1.00 per annum, subject to planning and Listed Building consent for the proposed works being granted; and

(ii)           instruct the Chief Officer - Governance following consultation with the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to conclude the appropriate legal agreements incorporating various qualifications as necessary to protect the Council’s and Trust’s interests.

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord which advised of the proposal received from Greyhope Bay Ltd for the expansion of their existing facility at the Torry Battery, and request that a 20-year lease be granted to allow them to secure funding to undertake required remedial works to the existing monument and the proposed development works.

The report recommended:-

that the Council acting in its capacity as trustee of the Lands of Torry (charity number SC021299):-

(i)       approve the granting of a 20-year lease of the Torry Battery to Greyhope Bay Ltd at a proposed peppercorn rent of £1.00 per annum, subject to planning and Listed Building consent for the proposed works being granted; and

(ii)      instruct the Chief Officer - Governance following consultation with the Chief Officer - Corporate Landlord to conclude the appropriate legal agreements incorporating various qualifications as necessary to protect the Council’s and Trust’s interests.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.