Central Bedfordshire Executive Meeting - 22nd April 2014
The Executive considered a report from the Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Corporate Resources that proposed the conversion of the Council owned Acorn Centre in Biggleswade into a dedicated GP primary care medical centre, which would be let on a commercial basis to the Ivel Medical Centre Practice.
It was resolved:
1. that the project target cost of £1.4m funded from the Capital Programme be noted (this is the best estimate but it is still subject to tender in the open market.);
2. to authorise the Director of Improvement and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Corporate Resources, to negotiate the terms of the Agreement for Lease, and the Lease;
3. to authorise the Director of Improvement and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Member for Corporate Resources, to enter into a Build Contract and Agreement for Lease with the Ivel Medical Centre, subject to the satisfactory drafting and execution of the Contract / Agreement by Legal Services
Great to see opportunity for change declared at last; amazing that this proposal was being mooted some 2 years ago! The Acorn Centre's original purpose for start-up businesses has perhaps been lost but there are currently users of the facilities; where will they go one wonders?
ReplyDeleteI know Central Bedfordshire Council have been negotiating with the tenants for some considerable time. Probable prior to the Planning Appeal in October 2011 by the Biggleswade Town Council concerning their plans for a health centre off Saxon Drive. I think all of the tenants were to be out by December last year or early this year.
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