Site 7:

Staffordshire Street Car Park, Ramsgate (public parking retained)

Name and Address of Land/Property

Staffordshire Street Car Park,Ramsgate

Current Description

Two open, surfaced car parks adjacent to Staffordshire Street

Plan Number 7

Rental Received p.a./ gross yield

TBA

Current use of Land/Property

The site is currently being operated by the council, as a car park. The site is divided into two parts.

Use, condition and maintenance issues

There are no issues to be reported under this heading.

Comment from Planning and Legal

Planning:

The smaller of the two sites is in a Conservation Area. Both are designated as town centre car parking (TR16B)

Legal:

The larger of the two sites is affected by covenants that were created in 1812. However, no copies of these are available. It would therefore be necessary for any developer to take out indemnity insurance.

Alternative options

Retain as a car park.
Seek a comprehensive town centre commercial redevelopment of the site, retaining and incorporating public car parking.

Advantages/case for disposal of the Land/Property

Redevelopment of the site would increase income, increase the attraction of the town centre, improve the visual impact of the site, make a better use of it and provide a capital receipt for the Council.

Issue which may inhibit disposal of the Land/Property

The details of the restrictive covenant are not known. Clearly, this could impact on future redevelopment of the site.

Recommendation

That Cabinet support the asset as being available for redevelopment and allow it to be progressed through the disposal framework, to public consultation.

In disrepair, and not capable of renovation at reasonable cost	NO
Viable alternate occupancy or usage, including community occupancy (reference Quirk report)	YES
Condition of land/property is a cause of complaint and/or breaches Statute or Health and Safety requirements	NO
The property does NOT support the Corporate Plan	YES
Value, through disposal or, development agreement, will produce significant receipt to fund the Corporate Plan	YES

Site 7: Staffordshire Street Car Park, Ramsgate (Public parking retained)

Sites for possible development which retain a similar level of public car parking as existing

Site 7 Staffordshire Street car park - map

Scale: Not to scale

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown Copyright 2000. Unauthorised reproduction infringed Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Produced using ESRI (UK)’s MapExplorer 2.0 - http://www.esriuk.com	Organisation	Thanet District Council
	Department	Development Services
	Comments	Shaded grey = Conservation Area
	Date	21 August 2009
	SLANumber	100018261

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Site 7 Staffordshire Street car park

The summary information is provided for guidance only and is not intended to be binding upon Thanet District Council in any way and should not be relied upon to form the basis of any contracts should any sites or property progress to disposal.

Contents

Broadstairs

Land adjacent to 39 Nelson Place

Margate

Land and buildings to the south of Hartsdown Sports Centre

Front strip of land to Palm Bay recreation ground, Palm Bay Avenue

Former lodge, St John’s Cemetery, Manston Road

Former promenade toilets, adjacent to Seaview Terrace

Land opposite the Tudor House, King Street

Ramsgate

Staffordshire Street Car Park

Land on Western Undercliff, west of tunnel access, including the Chine access from Royal Esplanade