A HISTORIC hall, listed barracks, derelict toilets and a day centre are all among Derby City Council-owned properties and land that may be sold by April 2016.
The authority has drawn up a list of 58 properties for “disposal” with the aim of generating £5 million in sales receipts and saving nearly £3 million a year on maintenance.
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Buildings on the for-sale list include, clockwise from top, Allestree Hall; the stables at Darley Park; Wetherby Day Centre; Ashlea Care Home; and Roman House.
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It had previously said up to 80% of the buildings it owns or leases could be disposed of to save cash.
On the list is grade two listed Allestree Hall, a former barracks built in 1859, two long-shut public toilets in Sinfin and Chellaston and Wetherby Day Centre, which the council confirmed, last December, would be shut.
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The “disposal programme 2013-16” is set to be confirmed by the council’s cabinet at its next meeting on Wednesday.
The authority said this did not mean all the buildings on the list would be sold.
Council leader Paul Bayliss said: “It doesn’t mean that, if they are on the list, we will definitely be selling them, but we need to give ourselves the power to dispose of them as part of the process.”
Mr Bayliss said it was not the best time for selling commercial property and that the council’s partners “may wish to use the buildings in a different way”.
Chief executive Adam Wilkinson said it was possible the buildings and land on the list could be sold but that the authority’s aim was to “stimulate the market, not flood it”.
He said the authority would look to auction off some of the property and to “enhance their value” by doing things like removing covenants. He said the target was to dispose of Allestree Hall “by mid-2014, subject to consultation” but that there was no bid currently on the table.
The hall dates from the 18th century and, in 1864, was donated to the local parish and villages by the last of its wealthy owners.
It has been empty since the 1980s, apart from one section, used by adjacent Allestree Golf Club.
Mr Bayliss said: “Whatever we bring forward has got to incorporate some facilities for people from the golf club. That’s certainly part of our considerations.”
He added: “It has been subject to many attempts to do something with it.
“The big challenge with bringing listed properties like this into commercial use is that there are restrictions on what changes you can make to the building.”
He said the two toilet blocks had been closed for some time but that a previous failed effort to turn the Sinfin Lane site into a shop hinted at what they could be used for.
Mr Bayliss said the council would be looking to “engender some further use” for the former Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Barracks, in Rowditch Place.
The grade two listed building is known as a rare and well-preserved example of a local volunteer barracks.
Councillors agreed the closure of Wetherby Day Centre but promised the date would be flexible after an outcry from families of those who attend. Mr Bayliss said: “It’s on an industrial estate so it would make sense to use it for what it was originally intended for – some sort of light industry.”
He said the building included the Inspire Unit for people with high needs and the building would not be disposed of until this had been moved to the city’s new swimming pool complex, set to be complete in 2015. The council has 1,500 premises across the city, including 340 from which it delivers services.
But it says that number must be reduced over the next three years in the face of cuts to its grants from the Government, which have left it needing to save £62 million.
CITY COUNCIL PROPERTIES EARMARKED FOR DISPOSAL
Allestree Hall, listed building: By complex tender
Homes at Grange Avenue, Site B: To be disposed of for Extra Care Scheme (long lease)
Land at Glossop St: Sale to Strata Homes. Part of OSCAR regeneration scheme
Land at Elton Rd: Site to be disposed of to Oscar on long lease.
Chesapeake Family Centre: By auction, vacating April 2013
Ashlea Respite Care Unit C, Coronation Avenue: By auction, to be vacated May 2013
Mandela Day Centre, Pear Tree Rd: Possible community asset transfer. If unsuccessful to be sold at auction.
House at 40 West Avenue: To be sold subject to covenant to convert premises to a family home
Land at junction of Uttoxeter Rd/Uttoxeter New Rd: For auction, possible retention of proceeds for reinvestment
Land at 1-5 Brook St: Possible sale to owner of adjoining site
Toilets at 8 Sinfin Lane: By auction, surplus to requirements
Toilets at Chellaston: By auction, possible retention of proceeds for reinvestment
Former stable and bakehouse, listed building, Darley Park: Site to be disposed of by long lease
City Rd Chester Green Yard and Buildings: For sale by tender, surplus to requirements
Two industrial units, New St, Castleward: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward project
Five Industrial units at Canal St, Castleward: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward project
Four industrial units at Liversage St, Castleward: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward project
Three Industrial units at John St, Castleward: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward project
Industrial Unit in Copeland St, Castleward: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward project
Industrial Unit at Siddals Rd/Liversage St: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward Project
Industrial Unit at Traffic St: To be sold to Compendium Living as part of Castleward Project
Building at 5 Whiston St: By auction, possible retention of proceeds for reinvestment
Shop at 1 Oxford St: By auction, possible retention of proceeds for reinvestment
Roman House office: Sale to support Council House refurbishment
St Mary’s office: Sale to support Council House refurbishment
Land at Wayzgoose Lane: Sale options appraisal undertaken.
Land at The Knoll, Village St: By tender, homes redevelopment site
Ivy House School site: By auction, potential residential site
Land at 11 Havenbaulk Lane: By tender, awaiting market recovery
Land at Raynesway: By tender, awaiting market recovery
Land at Green Lane, Alvaston: By auction, potential development site
Land at St Mary’s Gate: Sale subject to adjoining site being developed.
House at 55 Wilson St: By private treaty
Shop at 85/89 King St: By auction
Land at Garden St/Lodge Lane/ King St: by auction
Surestart shop, Pear Tree Rd: By auction
Shop at 26 Humbleton Drive: By auction
Land at West Side Quaker Way: By tender
Land at Forman St: By private treaty
Land at Swallowdale: By tender
Offices at Eastmead: By tender/auction subject to completion of Beaufort Business Centre
Wetherby Day Centre: By tender
Land at Normanton Lane: By tender
Rowditch Barracks, listed building: By complex tender
Shop at 714/716 Harvey Rd: By treaty
Homes at Grange Avenue, Site A: By tender
Officers at 63 Duffield Rd: By tender