Proposed Community Land Revocation - Southend

What is being decided?

Council is seeking feedback on the proposal to revoke the community land classification over land located at Cullens Road, Southend to enable the land to be disposed of.

Note: This is a secondary round of consultation being undertaken with a corrected Certificate of Title reference.

Background

Council at its meeting held on 14 March 2023 considered a report to revoke the community land classification over Allotment 301, Cullens Road, Southend.

The land has been identified as surplus to Council's requirements and therefore it intends to dispose of the property by either public auction or private treaty.

As the land is classified as community land, for Council to divest (dispose) of the land, the Community Land status must be removed through a process as outlined in Section 194(2) of the Local Government Act 1999. This process includes undertaking public consultation and seeking approval to revoke the status from the Minister for Local Government.

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This consultation was conducted from 20 March to 17 April 2023. As a result, 2 submissions were received in relation to the proposed revocation process for Allotment 301, Cullens Road, Southend. The 2 submissions were largely in favour of the revocation proposal.

Following the completion of the public consultation process, a report was tabled at the 13 June 2023 Ordinary Council meeting, where it was noted that the recommendation at the Council meeting held 14 March 2023 detailed the incorrect Certificate of Title (CT) reference related to Allotment 301, Cullens Road, Southend. This reference was then subsequently used incorrectly when advertising the consultation.

It was therefore recommended to avoid any misunderstanding and confusion as to the location of the Cullens Road property that a further formal public consultation process should be undertaken, before a decision is made of whether to make a formal application to the Minister for Local Government to revoke the community land classification.

Get involved

Feedback is now closed.

This consultation was open until 5pm on Thursday, 31 August 2023.

Please note that all submissions, including the names of those responding may be tabled at a public meeting of Council unless otherwise indicated by the respondent in which case their details are to be excluded from publication.