Covenant lifted for ambulance station
A new ambulance station is set to be built at Scarborough Hospital after the borough council lifted a restrictive covenant on land it sold more than 50 years ago.
When North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) bought a plot of land from Scarborough Council more than 50 years ago, the Scarborough authority set a clause limiting its use.
As part of the land sale conditions in 1971, Scarborough Council decreed that it could only be used for “educational purposes”.
Located next to Graham School and Woodlands Academy, the land has been used
as a playing field for various sports activities.
However, North Yorkshire County Council now wants to sell the land on Woodlands
Drive to the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to accommodate the expansion of Scarborough Hospital.
The approximately 0.48 hectares of land would be operated by the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a new ambulance station.
Scarborough has an existing ambulance station on Queen Margaret’s Road.
A council report said that “a Deed of Variation needs to be granted to NYCC so that legally the land can be used for an ambulance station”.
Cllr Liz Colling, cabinet member for inclusive growth, granted the Deed of Variation, allowing the covenant to be lifted. The new station is subject to planning permission and a third-party land sale.
•Scarborough Council has decided to spend £76,000 on refurbishing public tennis courts at Scalby.
The decision was approved by the cabinet member for quality of life, Cllr Jim Grieve, and will see the council allocate funding to refurbish the tennis courts as well as appoint an external contractor to carry out the works.
According to a report, £76,000 will be spent on services to be provided by Sports Surfacing Solutions.
Scarborough Council has estimated that the refurbishment, which includes a new gate and booking system, “will generate income from the booking of courts, estimated to be in the region of between £5-10,000” a year.
The work includes resurfacing, installation of floodlights and a gate access system to facilitate online bookings.
Scalby Tennis Club has agreed to contribute £5,000 to the refurbishment.