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REPORT TO PICKMERE PARISH COUNCIL
7
th February 2023
AGENDA ITEM 9.3 CEC ENQUIRY – GARAGES SIDE OF 100 PICKMERE LANE
1. REPORT
1.1 CEC has written to your Council about several garages that are located on the land to the side
of 100 Pickmere Lane. There are other garages/sheds in this location but not included in CEC’s
communication. The attached plan (provided by CEC) shows 4 garages to be available. It is
presumed that these garages were provided in conjunction with construction of nos. 100-118
Pickmere Lane.
1.2 The email says that CEC has made a decision that garage sites do not provide a key service and
as such it is proposed that CEC will look at various options in respect of its garage portfolio. It
therefore asks if your Council would be interested in acquiring these properties.
1.3 The garages in question are all dilapidated – 2 are open and obviously abandoned, containing
various elements of rubbish; 2 are closed and may or may not be in use. Photos of the garages
are provided below, and a location plan appended.
1.4 The proposition would be that the garages would be subject to a long lease from CEC, at no cost
except that the Parish Council would have to fund the legal costs of the transfer. Your Council
would therefore be responsible for managing, and potentially renting out or leasing the garages,
or using them for its own purposes.
2. RECOMMENDATION
2.1 That Council considers the request and decides accordingly.
Jack Steel
Clerk to the Parish Council
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