A former Broads community centre is to be sold off, as part of a string of Norfolk County Council-owned buildings and land being put on the market.

Cabinet members have agreed to dispose of the Broadland Youth and Community Centre in Hoveton, deciding it is "surplus to requirements".

The property ceased being used as a youth centre in 2002 but it has since been leased to a local charity, Broadland Youth Association Trust, and is now hired out for use by groups such as Slimming World and the local Women's Institute. 

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It follows the group approaching NCC in the hope of securing a long-term arrangement for its use.

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NCC will now explore selling or offering the site as a leasehold to the tenant, after agreeing it is no longer required by the authority.

If a deal is not secured, it will be offered on the open market.

As well as the Broadland Youth and Community Centre, NCC has also disposed of the Carnegie Library in King's Lynn, a former school house in Sedgeford, land in Scole and building near Loddon fire station.