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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Fear and Councillor M. Olszewski. |
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Declarations of interest
Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Proposed refurbishment and re-use of the former St Giles and St Georges School Minutes: The Committee received a report to consider the options available to the Council to bring forward the refurbishment and re-use of the former St Giles & St Georges School building in Newcastle Town Centre, following the decision of the Board of Choices Housing not to take their interest any further. Choices had been looking for a new headquarters and had considered the former St Giles and St Georges School. Choices had joined with the Wrekin Housing Trust and did not want to proceed at this time.
The report proposed three options for the site for the Committee to consider. These were:
Officers were looking for comments from Members prior to reporting to Cabinet at its meeting on 18th July 2012. Officers stated the current economic climate was very different from when the property was purchased. When the Council acquired the building, there was funding available from such bodies as Advantage West Midlands and North Staffordshire Regeneration Partnership. Members noted that the Council needed to act quickly at the time of purchasing the site and there was no reason at that point in time that proposals for it could not work. It had been felt that there was a need for a communal room in Newcastle that could accommodate 200 people, and at the time of purchasing the former school, the building had the capacity to provide this, with an auditorium included in the proposals for Choices to relocate there. It was an interesting building that sat adjacent to the Queens Gardens and when the building was purchased, the original idea had been to ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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Proposals for the Redevelopment and Disposal of the Former Knutton Recreation Centre |
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Urgent Business To consider any business which is urgent within the meaning of Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 Minutes: There was no urgent business considered. |