Agenda and decisions

Proposed Land Exchange at Maindy Park

RESOLVED: that

1)       Having considered the recommendation made by the Maindy Park Trust Advisory Committee on 23rd January 2023, Cabinet, as the Charity trustee, does agree (subject to Charity Commission consent) that it is in the best interests of the Charity to  exchange and release from the Trust the land at Maindy Park (shown on the plan annexed to the report at Appendix 3C)  in exchange for the land at Cae Delyn Park (shown in Appendix 3D), to be held on  trust for the Charity, subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 14 of the report;

2)      Cabinet, as the Charity trustee, approve the recommendation of the Maindy Park Trust Advisory Committee, upon the specified conditions (referred to in recommendation (1) above), subject to Charity Commission consent and

(i)        Agree, in principle, to grant permission for the Council to carry out preparatory surveys at Maindy Park, as detailed in Appendix 5, subject to a licence agreement to be entered into by the Trust and the Council, as set out in paragraph 25 of this report;

(ii)       Agree to receive a further report or reports to consider:

(a)      the recommendations of the Maindy Park Advisory Committee in relation to the improvement works to be carried out to the land at Maindy Park and Cae Delyn Park, pursuant to Condition Three, and as set out in paragraph 26 of this report; and

(b)      arrangements to be made between the Trust and the Council for a lease or licence for the future maintenance and management of the Trust’s land at Cae Delyn Park and Maindy Park, pursuant to Condition Four, and as set out in paragraphs 27-29 of this report;

and

(iii)      Instruct the Trust’s independent legal advisor to make an application to the Charity Commission for consent to the land exchange on the above basis.

3)          It be noted that a review of the governance and financial management arrangements of all trusts of which the Council is a trustee is to be carried out by the Council’s Corporate Director Resources and the Director of Governance and Legal Services under their delegated authority, to identify any necessary improvements to be agreed and put in place.