Murrayfield Road and Southfield Road land handover

John Fareham and John Abbott report that delays in handing over surplus Council land to residents of Murrayfield Road and Southfield Road are about to be resolved. Much to our surprise we received a complaint to the effect that this was still going on from local residents. We therefore contacted the Council’s property agents NPS to ask what the delay was and were told that a variety of matters had caused the delay from arguments about the size of the plots to problems with fly tipping. However, we are given to understand that these have now been resolved and that NPS have prepared new drawings of the sites to be transferred. This should have allowed the Council’s legal officers to send out the necessary documentation to residents which will mean that the transfers can be completed.”