Decision details

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.