Decision Maker: Director of Regeneration and Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The property consists of three small parcels
of former scrub land at the rear of 2, 4 and 6 Princes Road,
Bessacarr, where the owners of each dwelling have encroached onto
Council owned land by moving their fences and incorporating the
Council owned land into their gardens. The area of each parcel of
land amounts to:
- Rear of 2 Princes Road - approximately 251 sqm (0.06
acres).
- Rear of 4 Princes Road - approximately 251 sqm (0.06
acres).
- Rear of 6 Princes Road - approximately 119 sqm (0.03
acres).
The disposal of each area of land to the adjoining owner resolves
the encroachment issue and generates a capital receipt for the
Council.
To approve the freehold disposal of land at
the rear of 2,4 & 6 Princes Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster by way
of private treaty to each adjoining owner for the sums identified
in the Officer Decision Record.
The alternative options considered and
rejected were:
1. Retain and incorporate into the adjoining land to the
rear.
The land could be retained and incorporated into the adjoining
Council owned land to the rear and then disposed of for
development. A drainage ditch runs along the length of the rear
boundaries physically separating these gardens from the remainder
of the land, limiting its development potential. The adjoining
Council land potentially requires access from third party land in
order to be developed again limiting its potential. Therefore this
option was rejected.
2. Disposal by way of a licence.
The land could be disposed of by way of a licence to each occupier
for garden purposes. However the three occupants have indicated a
preference to purchase the land and it is anticipated that it would
be likely to only attract a rental in the region of £70 per
annum per garden.
The property has been to Asset Board (Strategic Decision Making
Board) where it was agreed to sell to the adjoining owners by
private treaty and will generate a sale receipt to the Council of
£xxxxxx in total.
Publication date: 14/05/2019
Date of decision: 09/05/2019
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