Delay in planning sell-off confirmation
The decision on final details of a �40m deal to sell off Breckland Council's planning department to the private sector has been postponed until next month.
The decision on final details of a �40m deal to sell off Breckland Council's planning department to the private sector has been postponed until next month.
Breckland's seven-member cabinet has already agreed to a 15-year deal with Capita Symonds, a division of outsourcing giant Capita.
This will see 50 staff at the authority, based in Dereham, transferred to the stock market-listed firm and all functions run in the planning and building control department run by Capita Symonds.
The cabinet had been due to sign off 'outstanding contractual matters' at a special meeting on Monday but now it will happen on May 12. Breckland says the deal will offer savings for the council. It is worth �39.7m over 15 years, compared to the estimated �43.3m in-house cost, it has said.
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The postponement will allow members of the development control committee, meeting on the same day, and other council members who are on holiday to participate fully.
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