Issue - meetings

To receive a report by the Interim Head of Service (Operations) regarding S106 monies.

Approve in principle the proposed way forward as detailed in Section 3 of the submitted report, to enable final negotiations with Huntingdon Town Council to reach a settlement to conclude this matter, and that negotiation with Huntingdon Town Council is delegated to the Managing Director in consultation with the Executive Councillors for Operations and Environment and Commercial Activities.

The Cabinet considered a report by the Interim Head of Service (Operations) (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) regarding the treatment of Section 106 monies received from the sale of land for housing development at California Road.

At 7.06pm the Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Communities and Customers) entered the meeting.

The Council had received £1.405m in Section 106 payments from the sale of the Cambridgeshire County Council land at California Road.  To seek an agreement with Huntingdon Town Council (HTC) regarding the treatment of Section 106 monies, and to ensure the remaining monies are targeted as clearly identified priorities from the Needs Analysis of Open Space and Play in Huntingdon, the Cabinet approved in principle the way forward to enable the conclusion of the matter with HTC, as detailed in Section 3 of the submitted report.

Having considered the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Finance and Performance), which were circulated subsequent to the dispatch of the Cabinet Agenda, the Cabinet were informed of the timescales in which it was hoped the matter would be concluded. 

It was noted that £200k of the remaining balance of Section 106 monies (£482k) would be allocated to the District Council to support the continued employment of a Ranger, as approved as part of the report to the Cabinet in January 2003, and £282k would be allocated to HTC for the ongoing maintenance of Coneygear Park. The reduced sum for maintenance of Coneygear Park was proposed on the basis that £413k of additional resources had been invested in the creation of the park.

In addition to the recommendation as contained within the submitted report, the Cabinet agreed that negotiation with HTC be delegated to the Managing Director in consultation with the Executive Councillors for Operations and Environment and Commercial Activities.  The Cabinet subsequently,

RESOLVED

to approve in principle the proposed way forward as detailed in Section 3 of the submitted report, to enable final negotiations with Huntingdon Town Council to reach a settlement to conclude this matter, and that negotiation with Huntingdon Town Council be delegated to the Managing Director in consultation with the Executive Councillors for Operations and Environment and Commercial Activities.

To consider a report on the Oxmoor Action Plan For Open Space – Treatment Of Section 106 Monies.

Consideration was given to a report by the Interim Head of Operations (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) regarding the Oxmoor Action Plan for Open Space and the Treatment of Section 106 Monies. On the understanding that report on the progress of the Action Plan and Treatment of Section 106 Monies were submitted to Overview and Scrutiny, it was

RESOLVED

a)  that the Cabinet approve in principle the proposed way forward as detailed within the report.

b)  that the Panel receive a report showing all the remaining Section 106 monies and when they expire.