Decision details

To re-confirm an application to the Secretary of State for a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to purchase the remaining leaseholds within the Elmington Estate Phase 3 sites C, D, E and G

RESOLVED:

1.  That it be re-approved that the council makes four or fewer Compulsory Purchase Orders (“Order[s]”) under section 226 (1) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 and section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 or in the alternative under section 17 of  the Housing Act 1985 for the acquisition of the land and new rights within the areas edged on the Ordnance Survey plans at Appendix 1 of the report for the purpose of securing the regeneration of the Elmington Estate in accordance with decisions to implement a new regeneration strategy taken by cabinet on the 22  March 2011 and 23 October 2012.

2.  That the director of regeneration be re-authorised to:

a)  determine the powers and implement the optimum number of  Order[s]  to deliver the overall regeneration aspiration;

b)  take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the Order[s] including the publication and service of all notices and the presentation of the council’s case at Public Inquiry should one be called;

c)  acquire all interests in land within the Order[s] areas either by agreement or compulsorily;

d)  approve agreements with land owners setting out the terms for the withdrawal of objections to the Order[s], including where appropriate seeking exclusion of from the Order[s];

e)  amend the boundaries of the areas edged on the ordinance survey plans at Appendix 1 of the report; or

f)  amend the number of properties and leasehold acquisitions within the Order (s) area listed in the schedule in Appendix 2 of the report, should it be required.