Decision Maker: Officer Delegated Decision
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Reasons
for Decision
To allow the completion of a lease of the former
Verwood Youth Centre premises to Verwood Town Council, following the inability
to complete a lease to EMS (Youth and Community) Centre Ltd and their successor
body the Wimborne MAT, following the conversion of the school to an Academy.
Alternative options considered and rejected
No other options considered as this approach to
lease to another Authority supports the original decision for these properties
to be continued to be used to support community provision.
DCC’s
Cabinet resolved on 25 May 2016:
(i)
approves the use of the County Council’s general power of competence to grant a
freehold transfer, assignment of lease, or long leasehold interest in the youth
centre buildings at Somerford, Burton, Gillingham, Bridport, Dorchester,
Crossways, Sherborne, Southill, STEPS, Verwood,
Wareham, and Swanage to the respective community bodies on terms to be agreed
by the Director for Environment and the Economy, after consultation with the Director
for Children’s Services and the Monitoring Officer;
And:
4.11 East
Dorset – Verwood
Transfer proposal |
Costs |
Recommendation |
Pass responsibility to
Emmanuel Middle School |
|
To
lease to the Governors of Emmanuel VA Middle School or other nominated body |
The lease to Emmanuel Middle School Governors or the
EMS (Youth and Community) Centre Ltd, as was subsequently agreed, and their
successor body the Wimborne MAT, following the conversion of the school to an
Academy has not been completed. Verwood
Town Council have now agreed to take the Centre on under a lease agreement in
order to support the social, economic and /or environmental wellbeing of the area by
allowing community groups, schools etc to rent the premises.
A delegated decision was
required by the Executive Director Place, as the successor role to the DCC Director for Environment and the Economy, to
agree to the change of nominated body to take a lease of this property.
Publication date: 01/07/2020
Date of decision: 26/06/2020