URGENT ITEMS
Additional documents:
Decision:
1.
Subject to 2 and 3 below, to authorise the Senior
Property Manager in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and the Head
of Finance Department to surrender the ban and restriction on the sale of food
and retail within the Lease for the Caernarfon Welsh Highland Railway Station.
2.
That the full premium to be calculated in
accordance with the Lease terms was payable by the company for the permission.
3. To
delegate the right for the Senior Property Manager in consultation with the
Head of Legal Services and the Head of Finance to agree on a payment plan over
a reasonable period with the tenant if required.
Minutes:
There was one urgent item to
discuss.
WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY STATION, CAERNARFON
The item was submitted by
Cllr Dafydd Meurig
DECISION
1.
Subject
to 2 and 3 below, to authorise the Senior Manager in consultation with the Head
of Legal Services and the Head of Finance Department to surrender the ban and
restriction on the sale of food and retail within the Lease for the Caernarfon
Welsh Highland Railway Station.
2. That the full premium to be calculated in
accordance with the Lease terms was payable by the company for the permission.
3. To delegate the right for the Senior
Property Manager in consultation with the Head of Legal Services and the Head
of Finance Department to agree on a payment plan over a reasonable period with
the tenant if required.
DISCUSSION
The report was
submitted noting that the Welsh Highland Railway Company held a parcel of land
on St Helen's Road, Caernarfon since 1999, on a lease from the Council for a
period of 1,000 years. The lease had
been given in order to allow the company to develop a railway from Caernarfon
to Dinas, using the plot of land to create the station in Caernarfon.
The lease contains
a specific clause which stipulates that the company cannot sell food and drink
on site without seeking express permission from the Council and that a further
payment would be payable from the tenant should the Council be willing to give
such permission. The detailed mechanism of the lease outlines how the payment
would be calculated.
The application had come from the
company requesting the Council not to claim the fee due under the lease for
such a permission and thus to waive the amount on a one-off basis.
This matter
was considered to be an urgent matter due to the timetabling requirements of
the project and in accordance with paragraph 7.25.2 of the Council's
Constitution and with the permission of the Council's Chairman this decision
was exempted from the calling in procedure and will come into effect on the
date of the meeting and decision.