Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/265

Contact: Henry White, Operational Manager – Estates, Assets and Investments (Henry.White@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMDF).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land comprising part of North Farm, Aston.

b)    Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources (Section 151 Officer), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, to consider officer recommendations and agree the final purchaser and sale price.

Recommendations approved

The Cabinet Member considered a report, regarding the freehold of the agricultural unit at North Farm, Aston. The property was historically let on a secure Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy. This tenancy fell away in 2016 on the tenant’s death and Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) took the site back in in 2017. The decision was taken to add value to the site by seeking planning consent. If planning permission was achieved, the intention was for the farmyard and farmhouse to be marketed for sale.

The Cabinet Member agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

a)    approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land comprising part of North Farm, Aston.

b)    delegate authority to the Executive Director of Resources (Section 151 Officer), in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, to consider officer recommendations and agree the final purchaser and sale price.