Agenda item - Taking of Lease for GP Hub at Preston Barracks

Report of the Executive Director for Economy, Environment & Culture (copy attached).

13.1    RESOLVED: That the Committee:

(i)            Authorises entering into an agreement for lease which commits the council to taking a lease of the proposed primary healthcare centre on market terms subject to securing an indemnity from BHCCG to cover any costs which the council incurs, including rent, arising from the taking of the lease.

(ii)          Grants delegated authority to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment & Culture and the Assistant Director of Property & Design to negotiate and enter into the agreement for lease, the lease and the indemnity from BHCCG and take any other necessary steps to secure the delivery of a new primary healthcare centre

13.1    The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director Economy Environment & Culture regarding a lease for a new primary healthcare centre on the Preston Barrack site. The Chair noted that this matter also included information within Part Two (Item 18), and asked that the Committee avoid discussing issues covered in Item 18, whilst the meeting was being held in public.

13.2    Councillor Janio said he supported the proposal.

13.3    Councillor Mac Cafferty asked for assurance that the CCG will manage the hub and that the centre will actually go ahead.  The Executive Director Economy Environment & Culture said that all the indications were that it would happen and there were GP practices who wanted to move into the new healthcare centre.

13.4    Councillor Meadows welcomed the report, and said that there were residents living in that area who had problems accessing primary healthcare.

13.5    The Monitoring Officer said that before the Committee consider the recommendations they must agree that the information within Item 18 had been taken into account. The Committee agreed that it had.

13.6    RESOLVED: That the Committee:

(i)            Authorises entering into an agreement for lease which commits the council to taking a lease of the proposed primary healthcare centre on market terms subject to securing an indemnity from BHCCG to cover any costs which the council incurs, including rent, arising from the taking of the lease.

(ii)          Grants delegated authority to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment & Culture and the Assistant Director of Property & Design to negotiate and enter into the agreement for lease, the lease and the indemnity from BHCCG and take any other necessary steps to secure the delivery of a new primary healthcare centre