Decision details

Submitted - The report of the Head of Environment and Technical on the Council’s leasehold interest at Newry Beach, Holyhead.

The Monitoring Officer explained that the Executive were required under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, to consider reaching a decision to exclude the press and public from the meeting during discussion on this matter, on the grounds that the report may involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12A (Category 16) of the said Act.

Category 16 of the Act related to ‘information in respect of which a claim to legal privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings’ and did not need to satisfy the public interest test.’

Having received preliminary advice from the Monitoring Officer, the Executive were in agreement that the press and public should be excluded from the meeting and the Monitoring Officer thereafter provided detailed advice to the Executive of the reasons why Property Services were against publication of the report in the public domain at this time.

Councillors Raymond Jones and R Llewelyn Jones (Local Members) wished to express their concerns that the local community were not being given the opportunity to respond to the proposal before the Executive reached a decision today.

Councillor H E Jones, in response stated that the report paid specific reference to this point in that it was a requirement to advertise the disposal in a local newspaper for 2 consecutive weeks and to give consideration to any objections received.  Today, the Executive were merely stating their intentions and inviting comments thereon.

RESOLVED that the offer currently available from Conygar Stena Line Ltd for the early surrender of the Council’s leasehold interest at Newry Beach, Holyhead is accepted, subject to the requirement of a two week public consultation and due consideration given to any objections received.

(Councillor J A Roberts declared an interest in the matter and was not present at the meeting during any discussion or voting thereon).