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Item: 6 Page: 7 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL A From mountain to sea Asset Transfer Request This is an asset transfer request made under Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Please read the applicant notes before completing this form. Section 1: Information about the community transfer body (CTB) making the request 1.1 Name and address of the CTB making the request. This should be the registered address, if you have one. Name: Haddo Country Park Forum Ltd Postal address: Estate Office, Mains of Haddo, Tarves, Ellon Postcode: AB41 7LD 1.2 Contact details. Please provide the name and contact address to which correspondence in relation to this asset transfer request should be sent. Contact name: Mark Andrew Position in CTB: Director / Secretary Postal address: Estate Office, Mains of Haddo, Tarves, Ellon Postcode: AB41 7LD Email: Telephone: X We agree that correspondence in relation to this asset transfer request may be sent by email to the email address given above. (Please tick to indicate agreement) You can ask the relevant authority to stop sending correspondence by email, or change the email address, by telling them at any time, as long as 5 working days' notice is given. 1.3 Please mark an "X" in the relevant box to confirm the type of CTB and its official number, if it has one. Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 1 Item: 6 Page: 8 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL li From mountain to sea Company, and its company number is ............... SC324915 Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), and its charity number is ....................... Community Benefit Society (BenCom), and its registered number is .... ....... .... .... .. .... Unincorporated organisation (no number) Please attach a copy of the CTB's constitution, Articles of Association or registered rules. 1.4 Has the organisation been individually designated as a community transfer body by the Scottish Ministers? N o X Y e s ❑ Please give the title and date of the designation order: 1.5 Does the organisation fall within a class of bodies which has been designated as community transfer bodies by the Scottish Ministers? N o ❑ Yes X If yes what class of bodies does it fall within? Company Limited by Guarantee for which the Articles of Association are appropriate for this purpose. Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 2 Item: 6 Page: 9 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL ilk From mountain to sea Section 2: Information about the asset requested 2.1 Please identify the asset - land or building(s) - which this asset transfer request relates. You should provide a street address or grid reference and any name by which the land or building is known. If you have identified the land on the relevant authority's register of land, please enter the details listed there. It may be helpful to provide one or more maps or drawings to show the boundaries of the land requested. If you are requesting part of a piece of land, you must attach a map and full description of the boundaries of the area to which your request relates. If you are requesting part of a building, please make clear what area you require. a drawing may be helpful. Name of Asset: Car Park at Haddo Country Park Address of Asset: Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon Postcode of Asset: AB41 7EQ 2.2 Please provide the UPRN (Unique Property Reference Number), if known. This should be given in the relevant authority's register of land UPRN: Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 3 Item: 6 Page: 10 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL From mountain to sea Section 3: Type of request, payment and conditions 3.1 Please mark what type of request is being made (mark one only): ❑ for ownership (under section 79(2)(a)) - go to section 3A ❑x for lease (under section 79(2)(b)(i)) — go to section 3B ❑ for other rights (section 79(2)(b)(ii)) - go to section 3C 3A — Request for ownership What price are you prepared to pay for the asset requested? Proposed price: £ Please give information setting out any other terms and conditions you wish to apply to the request. (continue on a separate sheet if necessary) Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 4 Item: 6 Page: 11 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL A- From mountain to sea 3B — Request for lease What is the length of lease you are requesting? 30 years How much rent are you prepared to pay? Please make clear whether this is per year or per month. Proposed rent: 10% of net profit from all activities or £500 whichever the greater paid annually in arrears Please give information setting out any other terms and conditions you wish to be included in the lease, or to apply to the request in any other way. The purpose of the lease is to enable Haddo Country Park Forum Ltd to make a charge for the use of the car park by all visitors and use the income produced to employ a Visitor Services Officer for Haddo Country Park, undertake a program of events that enhances the visitor experience of Haddo Country Park and support the improvement of Haddo Country Park as a special place. Aberdeenshire Council will continue to maintain the car park at their own cost including replacement of. Aberdeenshire Council will continue to maintain Haddo Country Park to at least the standard achieved in 2017 and 2018 Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 5 Item: 6 Page: 12 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL k IL From mountain to sea 3C — Request for other rights What are the rights you are requesting? All income from events held in Haddo Country Park is passed to Haddo Country Park Forum Ltd. Do you propose to make any payment for these rights? Yes X N o ❑ If yes, how much are you prepared to pay? Please make clear what period this would cover, for example per week, per month, per day? Proposed payment: As detailed in 3b we propose an annual rent for car park and events at 10% net profits from both all sources of income and total expenditure (less rent) or £500.00 whichever the greater paid annually in arrears £ 500.00 per year Please attach a note setting out any other terms and conditions you wish to apply to the request. As above. The purpose of the lease is to enable Haddo Country Park Forum Ltd to make a charge for the use of the car park by all visitors and use the income produced to employ a Visitor Services Officer for Haddo Country Park, undertake a program of events that enhances the visitor experience of Haddo Country Park and support the improvement of Haddo Country Park as a special place. Aberdeenshire Council will continue to maintain the car park at their own cost including replacement of. Aberdeenshire Council will continue to maintain Haddo Country Park to at least the standard achieved in 2017 and 2018 Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 6 Item: 6 Page: 13 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL A - From mountain to sea 3.2 Please set out the reasons for making the request and how the land or building will be used. This should explain the objectives of your project, why there is a need for it, any development or changes you plan to make to the land or building, and any activities that will take place there. Haddo Country Park has enjoyed the services of a Visitor Services Officer (VSO) and during the summer months (up to and including 2017) an Assistant Visitor Services Officer (AVSO) thanks to the HLF 'Haddo Country Park Regeneration Project' which concluded on 31st March 2018 but, due to an underspend, was able to continue the employment of a VSO until 31st July 2018. Employment of a VSO has continued with the Haddo Country Park Forum Ltd (Forum Ltd.) being the employer since 1st August 2018. The addition of a VSO to Haddo Country Park is of great benefit to users of the Park, to all visitors to Haddo and to the profile of Haddo as a major visitor destination in the North East of Scotland. By being available to answer visitors queries or to give advice on which of the many parts of Haddo House and Haddo Country Park visitors might prefer to see the VSO is a rare asset that is not found in other Country Parks. The VSO is able to secure, promote and if necessary run events within the Country Park that are of general or specific interest to existing and new visitors to Haddo. These include many bushcraft events, art exhibitions in the Pheasantry and wider Country Park, Photography events that are popular with amateur and professional photographers, children's events including junior bushcraft and a 'blessing of unicorns' involving a number of very prettily made up ponies and their riders from far and wide, disabled riding events, short and long distance runs, Haddo Easter event (principally run by the Rotary Clubs of Ellon and Oldmeldrum but supported and promoted by the VSO) and, along with Aberdeenshire Council and The National Trust for Scotland a variety of events over a full day or longer in recognition of 'The Year of History, Heritage and Archeology' in 2017 and in 2018 'The Year of Young People'. The VSO also manages the Haddo Country Park social media and website. We have more than 5,000 followers on Facebook. The VSO has started a Haddo Country Park Volunteers group on social media. There are a number of volunteering opportunities from tending the sensory garden close to the entrance to the Park and the garden at Carpenters Cottage (which have been worked on by disability groups from Ellon in the Aberdeenshire Council Asset Transfer Request Form 2018 7 Item: 6 Page: 14 Aberdeenshire COUNCIL From mountain to sea past) to assisting with events such as 'The Enchanted Forest' around Halloween open to all which are both popular and enjoyable.