The Vale of Glamorgan Council

Cabinet Meeting: 5 November, 2018

To seek approval to dispose of a small parcel of land located next to 10 Nyth yr Eos, Rhoose, subject to agreeing a suitable price and terms of sale.

That the land identified at Appendix 'A' be declared surplus to the Council's requirements and sold to the adjacent property owners, the registered proprietors of 10 Nyth yr Eos, at market price, subject to covenants restricting future development on the land being included in the terms of sale.
That the Head of Finance be authorised to appoint an external valuer to provide a market valuation report for the land referred to in Appendix A and agree Heads of Terms for the sale in consultation with the Head of Neighbourhood Services and Transport.
That the Monitoring Officer/ Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to complete and execute all necessary legal documentation required to dispose of the land.

To allow a parcel of to be sold to the occupier of the neighbouring property.
To ensure the Council's fiduciary and statutory obligations are met within the transaction.
To ensure legal procedures are followed.

The Council owns a parcel of land adjacent to the residential property, 10 Nyth yr Eos, Rhoose, as shown at Appendix A. This small parcel of land is sloping and is difficult to maintain. The owners of the neighbouring property to the land, 10 Nyth yr Eos, have written to the Council to formally request that they be allowed to purchase the piece of land as shown. The applicants advise that the land has been maintained by them for some time and the applicants would now like to purchase the piece of land before carrying out any improvements. The applicants would like to incorporate the land into their garden. Any transfer would include a covenant restricting the future use of the land to garden use. Planning Permission for a "garden extension and fence" (20009/00628/FUL) has been granted and the transfer of the land will include a provision for overage should the use of land change from garden land. Planning permission may be required for a change of use to allow garden land, however this would be a matter for the applicants to seek and obtain as necessary.

The disposal of this land will not reduce the amount of public space available as this site has been inaccessible to the public for a significant period of time.
In order to progress the sale of this piece of land an external valuation will be required to determine the market value of the land to satisfy the Council's obligations.

The Council would not be willing to incur any costs in respect of the proposed sale. The prospective purchasers will be required to meet all of the Council's costs. The cost of the valuation of the land would need to be recharged to the prospective buyer and any abortive costs would be the responsibility of the applicants.

There are no significant sustainability or climate change implications associated with this report.

The Council has a statutory and fiduciary duty to obtain best consideration for disposal of land and buildings in its ownership. There are exemptions to this obligations, however the Council are not relying on any such exemptions in this particularly case.
The Legal Section will be required to draft and complete all documents required to complete the disposal of land.

There are no significant crime and disorder implications associated with this report.

There are no significant equal opportunity implications associated with this report.

The relevant Well-being Outcome 2: An Environmentally Responsibility and Prosperous Wales:

Objective 4: Promoting sustainable development and protecting our environment.

Local Members have been contacted about this report and no comments have been made.

None.

Emma Reed - Head of Neighbourhood Services and Transport

Operational Manager - Property

Financial Accountant - Environment and Housing Services

Committee Reports - Legal

Miles Punter, Director of Environment and Housing Services