Lease Renewal Lymington Avenue

In order to support the Estates strategy approval is sought to renew the lease at Lymington Avenue for a period of up to five years. The costs will be met from within the MPS Property Services budget.

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime is recommended to renew the lease at Lymington Avenue for five years.

1. Introduction and background

1.1. This paper seeks approval to extend an existing lease at 1 Lymington Avenue, Wood Green Shopping Centre for a period of five years (the minimum rental period) with the option to break the lease at three years.

2. Issues for consideration

2.1. The lease renewal will support the refurbishment of Edmonton Police Station which is being undertaken as part of the wider BCU refurbishment programme. This refurbishment programme will provide fit for purpose facilities and support the MPS to deliver vital services to the citizens of London.

2.2. The benefits of extending the lease include:

• Fewer moves and less disruption for operational staff,

• Lower moves costs,

• Freeing up of space at Edmonton (at commencement of refurbishment) amounting to two floors, thereby allowing decant space for the works to begin, and

• Avoiding cost and disruption of relocating Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) suites as they are already insitu at Lymington. To provide a temporary ABE Suite elsewhere is estimated to cost c£350K

3. Financial Comments

3.1. Further detail is set out in Part 2. The costs of the proposed lease extension will be met from within existing MPS resources.

4. Legal Comments

4.1. Section 6 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (“the Act”) provides the MOPAC must secure the maintenance of the Metropolitan Police Service and secure that the Metropolitan Police Service is efficient and effective.

4.2. In carrying out its functions, the MOPAC may, under paragraph 7, Schedule 3 of “the Act” ”do anything which is calculated to facilitate or is conducive or incidental to the exercise of the functions of the Office”. This includes, entering into contracts and other agreements, in addition to acquiring and disposing of property (including land). The MOPAC has the power to dispose of surplus properties (including land) under paragraph 7 (2) (b) of Schedule 3 of the “the Act”.

4.3. Paragraph 4.16 of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) Scheme of Delegation and Consent provides the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC) with delegated authority to approve all business cases to acquire or renew a leasehold with a value in excess of £500,000 over the initial lease period or 5 years whichever is the lesser

5. Commercial Issues

5.1. See part 2

6. GDPR and Data Privacy

6.1. The project does not use personally identifiable data of members of the public, so there are no GDPR issues to be considered.

7. Equality Comments

7.1. There rea no direct equality or diversity implications arising from this proposal

8. Background/supporting papers

8.1. MPS Paper.