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Bourne Hall Lodge

Meeting: 15/07/2025 - Strategy and Resources Committee (Item 15)

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This report sets out six potential options to consider the future use of Bourne Hall Lodge.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Agree for Bourne Hall Lodge to be refurbished for residential accommodation, as detailed in Option 1 (Appendix 2, paragraphs 1.1 – 1.12 of the report).

(2)       Agree to fund the refurbishment budget of up to £340,000 from S106 developer funds.

(3)       Nominate and authorise the Head of Property & Regeneration, Head of Housing & Community in consultation with the Director of Corporate Services and Head of Legal, to take all necessary actions further to the above decision being made that commit resources, as is necessary and appropriate, to progress the selected option to completion.  

Minutes:

The Committee received a report setting out six potential options to consider the future use of Bourne Hall Lodge.

The following matter was considered:

a)             Locking of park gates. In response to a question from a Member, the Chair informed the Committee that park gates in Ewell and some sites in Epsom were locked daily. The Head of Property and Regeneration informed the Committee that the gates at Bourne Hall were currently locked by operational staff and the arrangements for the future was a matter to be decided with the tenant.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Agree for Bourne Hall Lodge to be refurbished for residential accommodation, as detailed in Option 1 (Appendix 2, paragraphs 1.1 – 1.12 of the report).

(2)       Agree to fund the refurbishment budget of up to £340,000 from S106 developer funds.

(3)       Nominate and authorise the Head of Property & Regeneration, Head of Housing & Community in consultation with the Director of Corporate Services and Head of Legal, to take all necessary actions further to the above decision being made that commit resources, as is necessary and appropriate, to progress the selected option to completion.