Issue - meetings

To consider the Community Asset Transfer of the Hudawi Centre.

Contact: Mark Varley, Asset Strategy

RESOLVED - That authority be delegated to the Service Director (Development), in consultation with Cabinet Member (Finance and Regeneration), to negotiate and agree terms with BBSA (Black Business Support Agency) C.I.C for the grant of a 125 year lease for the Hudawi Centre and instruct the Service Director (Legal, Governance and Commissioning) to enter into and execute all necessary documentation in connection with the grant of the lease.

(Under the provision of Council Procedure Rule 36(1), Cabinet received  a representation from Councillor Munir Ahmed).

Cabinet gave consideration to a report which sought approval for the Community Asset Transfer of the Hudawi Centre, Great Northern Street, Huddersfield, to the Black Business Support Agency Community Interest Company.

Cabinet noted that the granting of a long leasehold would be in accordance with the Council’s Community Asset Transfer Policy 2020 and would provide the Community Interest Company with the security needed to satisfy grant funder requirements whilst ensuring that the building remains available to the local community for the long-term future.

RESOLVED - That authority be delegated to the Service Director (Development), in consultation with Cabinet Member (Finance and Regeneration), to negotiate and agree terms with BBSA (Black Business Support Agency) C.I.C for the grant of a 125 year lease for the Hudawi Centre and instruct the Service Director (Legal, Governance and Commissioning) to enter into and execute all necessary documentation in connection with the grant of the lease.