Council Agrees To Sell Off Land Assets

Published on: 26 Apr, 2013
Updated on: 29 Apr, 2013

Nineteen ‘parcels’ of land will be sold of by Guildford Borough Council, it was agreed at a council meeting last night (April 25).

The decision follows an asset review of land where a garden or grazing agreement exists. The council intends to sell the assets by auction.

Each piece of land allocated for garden or grazing use that the council owns was assessed to see if it should remain part of the land holdings, whether it should be improved, found an alternative use, transferred or sold. Council officers carrying out the review also considered the land’s strategic value, its planning status and the amount of any income derived from it.

There were 82 such pieces of land and it was agreed that 20 will be retained, 28 retained subject to further review, 19 should be sold and no action to be carried out on the remaining 15.

The land assets to be sold are listed below.

Location	Ward	Size (sq m)	Current use
Land to the rear of 3 Homeleigh Close, Frimley Road	Ash Vale	92	Garden
Land to the rear of Little Acre, Old Rectory Lane	Clandon & Horsley	315	Garden
Land to the rear of Arne Cottage, Old Rectory Lane	Clandon & Horsley	275	Garden
Land to the rear of The Robins, Old Rectory Lane	Clandon & Horsley	309	Garden
Land to the rear of Willow Hatch, Old Rectory Lane	Clandon & Horsley	63	Garden
Land to the rear of Victory Cottages, Guildford Road	Effingham	78	Garden
Land south of Kempshott, off Wilderness Road	Onslow	156	Garden
Land fronting 2 Wilderness Farmouse	Onslow	90	Garden
Land to the rear of 1 Wilderness Farm, Wilderness Rd	Onslow	31	Garden
Land to the rear of 58 The Chase	Onslow	63	Garden
Land adjacent to 110 Nightingale Road	Christchurch	242	Garden
Land adjacent to 31 Boxgrove Avenue	Christchurch	493	Garden
Land adjacent to 146 London Road	Christchurch	125	Garden
Land to the rear of 33 Boxgrove Avenue	Christchurch	283	Garden
Land to the rear of 5 New Road, Gomshall	Tillingbourne	207	Garden
Land to the rear of 42 Foxburrows Avenue	Westborough	129	Garden
Land to the rear of 94 Foxburrows Avenue	Westborough	48	Garden
The Old School, land adjoining The Street	Shalford	2,196	Grazing

Responses to Council Agrees To Sell Off Land Assets

Kelly-Marie Blundell Reply

April 30, 2013 at 6:26 pm

The question remains as to why this could not have been done in order to prevent the need for a Council Tax Rise in Guildford.

Given that the National Government has made it possible for councils to freeze Council Tax, the rise is additionally bitter when it is discovered so much land is held in reserves.