Issue details

The purpose of the meeting was for Cabinet to consider the recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Panel proposed at the meeting on 15 August 2019. This followed the panel’s call-in regarding the Cabinet decision made relating to the ‘Proposal for the disposal of the Dreamland freehold’. 

At their meeting, Members of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel recommended the following:

1. That Cabinet seeks three independent valuations for the Dreamland site before an agreement is reached with a buyer., and; 
2. Cabinet requests an 18 year housing development restriction in the agreement instead of the proposed 10 years.

Cabinet considered the recommendations as documented in the Cabinet report of the 2nd September.