The Interim Head of Commercial Services presented the report to outline the Newton Abbot’s Town Councils aspiration to create a co-located community facility on land owned by the Town Council and District Council, adjacent to ‘Newton’s Place’.
In response to Members’, the Interim Head of Commercial Services clarified that this was narrow piece of land which would be difficult for the Council to develop and the disabled parking space would be relocated. The floor levels and any proposed buildings relationship with the nearby listed building would be addressed at the planning application stage.
RESOLVED that the principle of a transfer to the Newton Abbot Town Council providing the final proposal meets the below objectives be approved:
· Quality Building Design
· Providing a range of community services