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It is important that the Council demonstrates that all available sites for development have been considered as part of the Council’s Local Plan process. This report recommends Council owned land and property assets that could be considered suitable for development are submitted through the Local Plan public process. It does in no way recommend that these sites should or will be put forward for development by the Council or be allocated in the forthcoming Local Plan.

Following consideration, The Committee resolved by a majority vote to:

(1)      Authorise the Head of Property & Regeneration to submit the following Council owned sites to the Local Planning Authority for consideration as part of the Local Plan process:

a)    Depot Road / Upper High Street public car parks

b)   Hook Road Multi-Storey public car park and Rainbow Leisure Centre surface car park

c)    Ashley Centre Southern Extent (Global House, Ashley Centre multi-storey public car park and Epsom Playhouse)

d)   Town Hall and public car park

e)    Kiln Lane (Nonsuch) Industrial Estate

f)     Wells Site

g)   Gibraltar Crescent (land to rear)

h)   Hook Road Arena

i)     Clarendon Park (land encompassing South View and McKenzie Way)

j)     Manor Park (land encompassing Horton Lane and Chertsey Lane)

Note: Councillor Eber Kington left the room during the Committee’s consideration of this item and did not take part or vote on this item.

The Committee received a report recommending that Council owned land and property assets that could be considered suitable for development are submitted through the Local Plan public process. It in no way recommended that these sites should or will be put forward for development by the Council or be allocated in the forthcoming Local Plan.

The following matter was considered:

a)            Other Council owned sites. The Committee noted that some Council owned sites, such as those highly ranked in the Borough’s Greenbelt Study had not been included within the list for submission under the Local Plan public process.

Following consideration, The Committee resolved by a majority vote to:

(1)      Authorise the Head of Property & Regeneration to submit the following Council owned sites to the Local Planning Authority for consideration as part of the Local Plan process:

a)    Depot Road / Upper High Street public car parks

b)   Hook Road Multi-Storey public car park and Rainbow Leisure Centre surface car park

c)    Ashley Centre Southern Extent (Global House, Ashley Centre multi-storey public car park and Epsom Playhouse)

d)   Town Hall and public car park

e)    Kiln Lane (Nonsuch) Industrial Estate

f)     Wells Site

g)   Gibraltar Crescent (land to rear)

h)   Hook Road Arena

i)     Clarendon Park (land encompassing South View and McKenzie Way)

j)     Manor Park (land encompassing Horton Lane and Chertsey Lane)

Note: Councillor Eber Kington left the room during the Committee’s consideration of this item and did not take part or vote on this item.