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Status:
Implemented
Title:
The Tower Ballroom Site Addendum
Include item on Forward Plan
Yes
Is Key Decision
Yes
Item Contains Exempt/Private Reports
Yes
Reference:
015545/2025
Urgent Decision - Not in Forward Plan
No
Details for Agenda Sheet
Report of Executive Director Place, Prosperity & Sustainability
Implementation Date (not before meeting on)
Tue 23 Sep 2025
Purpose
Confirm commercial terms, planning submission timescales and extent of proposed new lease and retained freehold title.
Key Portfolio
Deputy Leader and Economy & Skills
Decision Maker
Not Applicable
Chief Officer Decision Maker
------ N/A ------
Reason For Key Decision
Capital in excess of (or making savings in excess of) £1m 
Relevant Documents
Decision Type:
Committee
Decision Maker:
Cabinet Committee – Property
Directorate
Place, Prosperity & Sustainability
Other Information
Private Reason

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Decision Outcome

On 23 September 2025, Cabinet Committee – Property:-

 

(i)  Authorised the Assistant Director for Corporate Landlord to conclude a lease for development purposes, and partial unconditional freehold sale, as appropriate, of the surplus Council owned property, as detailed in bold in Site Plans in Appendix 1, to the report, to the proposed purchaser identified in Exempt Appendices 1a, 2, 3 and 4, to the report, relating to:-

 

Land identified for development on the site of the former Tower Ballroom for a premium on Council owned assets at The Former Tower Ballroom site, The Lodge Building and additional land at Reservoir Rd, Birmingham B16 2EE (“the Property”);

 

(ii)  Authorised the Assistant Director for Corporate Landlord to revert to the under bidders in the event of any failure to complete and conclude a sale of the development site to any underbidder on the best available terms subject to the Council’s duties under Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972;

 

(iii)  Authorised the City Solicitor to revise, negotiate, execute and complete all relevant legal documentation to give effect to the above decisions.

 

THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2025.

Would the recommended decision be contrary to the budget and policy framework:
No
Decision Options:

Additional Information

Reg 10
Reg 11

Decision Criteria

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Wards

North Edgbaston

Topics

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Overview and Scrutiny

Economy, Skills and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee

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Reports

  1. The Tower Ballroom Site Addendum
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  2. pdf CCP Report - The Tower Ballroom Addendum (174Kb)
    1. pdf Appendix 1 - Site Plan (342Kb)
    2. pdf Exempt Appendix 1a - Proposed Site Plan - Private Report
    3. pdf Exempt Appendix 2 – Private Report - Private Report
    4. pdf Exempt Appendix 3 – External Advisors AY Recommendations Report - Private Report
    5. pdf Exempt Appendix 4 – Revised Heads of Terms - Private Report
    6. pdf Appendix 5 - Ward Councillor Consultation (45Kb)
    7. pdf Appendix 6 - Equality Impact Assessment EIA001139 (131Kb)

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Decision History

Date & Time CreatedUser Full NameStatus DescriptionDetails
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 Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 10 of 18.
14/08/2025 13:51:03Ghalub Hussain Business Item Created 
14/08/2025 13:51:03Ghalub Hussain Committee AddedCabinet Committee – Property
14/08/2025 13:51:03Ghalub Hussain Meeting Added23/09/2025 1:00PM
14/08/2025 13:51:24Ghalub Hussain Ward AddedNorth Edgbaston
14/08/2025 13:52:10Ghalub Hussain OS Committee AddedEconomy, Skills and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee
14/08/2025 13:53:37Ghalub Hussain General Details Edited 
14/08/2025 13:54:04Ghalub Hussain Report AddedDocument ID 296567: The Tower Ballroom Site Addendum
14/08/2025 13:54:19Ghalub Hussain Status ChangedDecision Scheduled [1]
14/08/2025 14:06:32Ghalub Hussain Consultation/Comments Edited 
14/08/2025 14:06:48Ghalub Hussain Consultation/Comments Edited 

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