The exempt appendix was noted.

Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.

DECISION

1.    To agree authority to dispose of the vacant Bromley Hall School and land adjacent on a freehold or long leasehold basis.

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Place to enter into a direct negotiation with Poplar HARCA.

3.    To agree that if an acceptable proposal cannot be agreed with Poplar HARCA, or the discussions are becoming protracted, to authorise the Corporate Director, Place to market the site and dispose on the open market.

4.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTFLIFFE)

(Interim Asset Manager (T. Parsonage)

(Head of Asset Management (S. Shapiro)

Councillor Mufeedah Bustin, Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, introduced the report on the disposal of Bromley Hall school and associated lands. This will assist with Poplar HARCA with decanting residents in relation to their project at the site. Disposal includes a requirement to improve the building. The recommendations allowed for a number of outcomes depending on negotiations with Poplar HARCA.

The exempt appendix was noted. The appendix was exempt due to Paragraph 3 (financial or business affairs of any person / authority) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

The Mayor noted the Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses and proposed the recommendations as set out. These were unanimously agreed by Members present and it was:

RESOLVED

1.    To agree authority to dispose of the vacant Bromley Hall School and land adjacent on a freehold or long leasehold basis.

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director, Place to enter into a direct negotiation with Poplar HARCA.

3.    To agree that if an acceptable proposal cannot be agreed with Poplar HARCA, or the discussions are becoming protracted, to authorise the Corporate Director, Place to market the site and dispose on the open market.

4.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment.