The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management submitted a report which advised Members of the terms of a potential transfer of the land comprising the highway embankment to Bridge Road, West Kirby, from Network Rail to the Council, with a lease thereafter granted to ALDI.

The Leader referred to two letters which had been circulated to all Cabinet Members from Mr G K Medlock regarding the proposal and which the Cabinet noted.

Resolved – That,

(1) Cabinet agrees to accept the freehold of the embankment off Bridge Road, West Kirby, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the report;

(2) on receipt of the freehold, Cabinet approves the grant of a lease to ALDI for the embankment, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the report.