THAT:               

(a)       Approval be granted to commission an options appraisal / business case to inform the direction for the future management of the Smallholdings Estate; and

(b)       The Director of ECC be authorised to make suitable arrangements for the delivery of the options appraisal by 30th June 2014, the costs of which will be reimbursed from the capital receipts of the ensuing disposals.