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This report considers a request from Surrey County Council to release its land from a Land Registry title restriction registered by EEBC to protect the former EEBC land from non-educational use.

Following consideration the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the proposal to terminate the Pre-Emption Agreement and thereby remove the restriction from Surrey County Council’s Land Registry title.

Note: In the opinion of the Chief Executive and in accordance with the Paragraph 14.2 of Annex 4.6 of the Operating Framework (Overview, Audit and Scrutiny) the decision on this item is considered to be urgent and is not subject to call-in.

The Committee received a report asking it to consider a request from Surrey County Council to release its land from a Land Registry title restriction registered by EEBC to protect the former EEBC land from non-educational use.

The following matters were considered by the Committee:

a)            Risk of future disposal. In response to a question from a Member, the Head of Property and Regeneration informed the Committee that it was his understanding that if an Academy ceased to exist, any land granted to it by an Education Authority would returned to that authority.

b)            Reason for urgent decision. In response to a question from a Member, the Head of Property and Regeneration informed the Committee that the Committee’s decision on this matter was considered to be urgent to enable the completion deadline of 1 October 2025 to be met.

Following consideration the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the proposal to terminate the Pre-Emption Agreement and thereby remove the restriction from Surrey County Council’s Land Registry title.

Note: In the opinion of the Chief Executive and in accordance with the Paragraph 14.2 of Annex 4.6 of the Operating Framework (Overview, Audit and Scrutiny) the decision on this item was considered to be urgent and was not subject to call-in.