Decision details
Appropriation of Seven Brethren Short Stay Car Park
Decision Maker: Head of Place, Property and Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
Decision requested by decision maker: In
accordance with section 122(1) Local Government Act 1972, to
appropriate the land at Seven Brethren, formerly used as a short
stay car park and the land formerly used as a leisure centre, no
longer being required for such purpose as a new short stay car park
and a new leisure centre has been provided, to development
land.
Reasons for the decision:
1. BACKGROUND / REASONS FOR THE DECISION
REQUEST
1.1. Pursuant to a Design Build Operate and Maintain (DBOM)
contract with Parkwood Leisure dated 10 December 2019, the Council
has built a new leisure centre, the Tarka Leisure Centre at another
location at Seven Brethren in Barnstaple. This has resulted in the
decommissioning of the previous North Devon Leisure Centre which is
currently empty and boarded up.
1.2. The DBOM contract also involved the creation of a new short
stay car park close to the new Tarka Leisure Centre removing the
need for the previous short stay car park which served the North
Devon Leisure Centre.
1.3. On 7 December 2022 the Council entered into a Development
Agreement for Lease with Tarka Living Ltd for the development of
the Seven Brethren site, including the demolition of North Devon
Leisure Centre.
1.4. To allow this to proceed the short stay car park and North
Devon Leisure Centre land needs to be appropriated to development
land in accordance with s.122(1) Local Government Act 1972.
Alternative options considered:
3.1. Not appropriating the land for this
purpose would enable the North Devon Leisure Centre to remain in
position and the short stay car park land to be used as a short
stay car park. This would prevent development of the land at Seven
Brethren and it is clear that the land is no longer needed for
these purposes because the leisure centre and short stay car park
have been re-provided elsewhere on the Seven Brethren
site.
Publication date: 29/03/2023
Date of decision: 29/03/2023
Accompanying Documents:
- Appropriation of Seven Brethren Short Stay Car Park
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- Appropriation of Seven Brethren Short Stay Car Park