DISPOSAL OF LIBRARY BUILDING TO TRUST

November 5th, 2025 by James Goudie KC

In R ( Margery Kempe Trust ) v Norfolk County Council, the Garage Trust Interested Party (2025) EWHC 2840 ( Admin ) the Council had declared King’s Lynn Central Library surplus to its requirements. It instructed its Director of Property to dispose of the building through a closed market exercise, to chaity and community groups in the first instance. These included the Claimant and the IP. The subsequent decicion challenged was to sell the Carnegie Library building to the IP. The Claimant’s wide ranging challenge failed on all 8 grounds.

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