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Sale of Glebe House and The Moors, Kidlington

 

 

Meeting: 08/03/2024 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Finance (Item 5)

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Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/008

Contact: Michael Smedley, Head of Estates, Assets and Investment

(michael.smedley@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

 

Report by Executive Director of Resources (CMDF5)

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance is RECOMMENDED to:

 

a)    Approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land comprising the former elderly persons home at Glebe House, Kidlington and the development site at The Moors, Kidlington in consideration of Oxfordshire County Councils (OCC) receiving a capital receipt.

 

b)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Property, to consider Officer recommendations and agree the final purchaser(s) and sale price(s).

 

 

 

Decision:

Recommendations Approved

Minutes:

 

The Cabinet Member considered a report on Glebe House a former elderly person’s home that has been vacant since 2020. The property was let to the Oxfordshire Care Partnership (OCP) under a project agreement dated 20 December 2001, for a term of 60 years, but has been unoccupied since 2020 when the residents moved to a new facility at Moorside Place Extra Care Housing (ECH) in Kidlington. Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) took back possession in 2021. The property has been considered for several uses within OCC and other external partners, since 2020, but with no viable business case forthcoming.

 

The properties have been formally declared as surplus to any internal operational requirement and have been discussed in detail with Local Authority partners and other connected parties.

 

RESOLVED to:

 

a)    Approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land comprising the former elderly persons home at Glebe House, Kidlington and the development site at The Moors, Kidlington in consideration of Oxfordshire County Councils (OCC) receiving a capital receipt.

 

b)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Property, to consider Officer recommendations and agree the final purchaser(s) and sale price(s).