Agenda item

With reference to article 27 of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 21 June 2012, the 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 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 that the Pinewood/Hazledene sites, held on the Common Good Account, were currently on the market with a closing date set for 9 October 2012, with an intention of the outcome being reported to the Committee at its meeting in December;

(c)        declare the former Janitor’s Lodge at Hetherwick Road, which was currently vacant, surplus to the requirements of the property account and subject to this approval, note that the future use/disposal of this property would now be taken forward in accordance with the surplus property procedure with a report being submitted to a future meeting of this Committee when appropriate;

(d)       declare the former Registrar’s flat at 102 North Deeside Road, which was currently vacant, surplus to the requirements of the property account, and subject to this approval, note that the future use/disposal of this property would now be taken forward in accordance with the surplus property procedure with a report being submitted to a future meeting of this Committee when appropriate;

(e)       (a)  note that the Council had been approached by the separate adjacent owners of sites either side of an area of Council owned landscaped ground at Denmore Road, Bridge of Don, and that this area was not required by Council Services; and (b) agree that a closing date be set for the submission of offers from the interested parties, and subject to this approval, note that a report advising of the outcome would be submitted to this Committee at its meeting in December;

(f)         note the concluded sales for the following properties since the Committee’s meeting of 19 June 2012:-

·                    Paddock, Airyhall House (General Services Account - £1,127,000)

·                    37g Victoria Road (Housing Revenue Account - £52,750)

·                    Ruthrieston Depot (Common Good - £180,000)

·                    12 Devanha Gardens West (General Services Account - £462,000)

·                    2 Elmbank Road (Housing Revenue Account - £57,301); and

·                    note the concluded leases of the following properties held on the tenanted non residential portfolio since the Committee’s meeting of 19 June 2012:-

·                    57 Howe Moss Avenue, Dyce (£10,500 per annum)

·                    Hazlehead Restaurant (£26,650 per annum)

·                    Offices 13-15, Aberdeen Business Centre (£24,000 per annum)

·                    Plot 7, Kirkhill Place (£20,000 per annum)

·                    Suites B&E, 15-17 Belmont Street (£12,600 per annum)

·                    Unit 4, Kincorth Shopping Centre (£13,200 per annum)

·                    2.85 hectares at Mackie Steps, Carnie (£625 per annum)

·                    Unit 5, Cornhill Shopping Centre (£5,800 per annum)

·                    Unit 53, Howe Moss Avenue, Dyce (£12,000 per annum)

·                    Unit 1B, Campus 3, Science and Tech Park (£90,000 per annum)

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.