Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of Epping Forest.

The Committee were informed that a field at Upshire on the Warlies Park Estate, part of City of London’s Buffer Land, has been utilised for community benefit for many years, firstly as St Thomas’ Cricket Club and since 2002 as the Upshire Millennium Field (UMF).

Officers sought approval to grant a further lease to the Upshire Millennium Trust in respect of the Millennium Field for a period of three years. The Trustees had sought a continuing commitment to the peppercorn rent enjoyed since the Greater London Council’s ownership of the site. Officers agreed to submit an annual report regarding the use of Warlies Park Millennium Field.

RESOLVED – that approval be given to the grant of a lease to the Upshire Millennium Trust in respect of the Warlies Park Millennium Field for a period of three years from the 12th May 2015 at a peppercorn rent and to exclude the protection provision of S.24-28 Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 and that the Comptroller and City Solicitor be instructed to complete the necessary documentation with each side to bear its costs.