AQW 435/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the disposal of land at Talbot Street, Newtownards, including what consideration has been given to a Community Asset Transfer being undertaken.

Asked by Nick Mathison MLA on 24 May 2022

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Tabled
24 May 2022
Answer due by
10 June 2022
Answered
6 June 202213 days after tabling
Department
Department for Infrastructure
Priority question
No

Answer

My Department is disposing of two plots of land at Talbot Street in Newtownards. The Government Disposal Procedures provide a framework to facilitate community ownership of surplus public land as an option within the normal disposal process, known as Community Asset Transfer (CAT). Officials from my Department are engaging with a Third Sector Organisation to establishing whether disposal of one of the plots of land is feasible under CAT.

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