A report by the Director of Law, HR and Asset Management sought approval for a transfer by lease of Overton Community Centre, Upton, in accordance with the Council’s Community Asset Transfer Policy.

Cabinet Members received a copy of a letter from Mr D Adams of Parkside Day Nursery concerning the increased hire charges of a room within the Community Centre and the impact this was having on Parkside Pre School/Day Nursery.

RESOLVED: That

(1)   a transfer by lease of the Overton Community Centre be agreed and the Director of Law, HR and Asset Management be authorised to complete the necessary lease on the terms set out in the report; and

(2)  the necessary repair works, additional doorway and the transitional costs for the first two years of the business plan, be funded from the Community Fund.