Agenda and decisions

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To approve minutes of the meeting held on 13 September 2024.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 13 September 2024 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record

Cabinet Member: Finance

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/283

Contact: Michael Smedley, Head of Estates, Assets and Investments (Michael.Smedley@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMDF5).

The information in this case is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed categories: 

3. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) 

and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

The annex containing exempt information under the above paragraph is attached. 

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land to the north of Iffley Village in Oxford in consideration of Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) receiving a capital receipt once planning permission has been granted.

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

Report by the Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CMD5)

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Approve, as a key decision, the freehold sale of land to the north of Iffley Village in Oxford in consideration of Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) receiving a capital receipt once planning permission has been granted.

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