Mansfield Council to sell off NHS GP surgery and old industrial unit to raise cash
Mansfield Council is to sell two buildings to raise money for its budget.
Premier Court, off Kings Mill Way on Hermitage Lane Industrial Estate, and 77 Sandy Lane, in the Eakring ward, are expected to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds if buyers are found.
The council owns four of the units at Premier Court.
They were designed and built in the 1980s as four separate units but were historically rented as two, and most recently as one entire single property with doors between the units.
But the property is currently vacant due to the previous tenant going bust, and the building has been returned to the council in poor condition abd in order to be rented out again, it would need ‘significant, essential’ repairs.
Its gas central heating system and gas hot air heaters also mean that its energy efficiency rating could drop under the minimum acceptable level by the time its next assessment is due, meaning more costs could be incurred for improvement works.
In good condition, the property would let at around £80,000 per year according to assessments.
At a meeting of council finance officers and Mayor Andy Abrahams on November 26, the decision to sell the property was approved.
Before it is put on the market, a contractor will be paid by the council to clear the property.
The property at Sandy Lane is home to Sandy Lane GP Surgery.
The doctors currently rent the building from the council, which is the only GP surgery the council owns, and was designed for that purpose.
But the surgery wants to buy the building from the council, with its lease on it having expired, and the council believes it will get more for it by selling it to the GP than they could by selling it on the open market.
The GP currently pays £26,000 per year to rent it, and the council believes that if it were to rent it out again, it wouldn’t receive as much for it.
The council also noted that the GP surgery, like the industrial unit, has gas central heating, which means its energy rating will reduce over time and the council will have to spend money on improving its heating system.
At the meeting, the sale of the building was also approved by the mayor.