Decision

That Cabinet approve
delegation to the Director - Housing, Health & Wellbeing
to:
 

a)     
exercise the Council’s powers pursuant to
Section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 and Section 13 of the Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 to make a Compulsory
Purchase Order (CPO) in order to acquire such interests and rights
in or over the land shown edged red on the plan at Appendix A (the
“Land”) or any part of the Land required in order to
facilitate the Yorke Drive Regeneration project (the
“Scheme”);
 

b)    
acquire all interests within the Land as may be
necessary to facilitate the Scheme, either by agreement or
compulsorily; including entering into
negotiations and arrangements with any third parties for the
acquisition of their land interests; and
 

c)     
take all steps incidental, conducive or
consequential to the making of, confirmation and implementation of
the CPO or to the voluntary acquisition of the Land or any part it
including (but not limited
to):
 
1.     
making further amendments to the draft Statement of
Reasons;
2.     
issuing and serving all required notices (including
press, site, and individual notices);
3.     
the preparation and presentation of the
Council’s case at any future local public inquiry;
4.     
approving the terms for the acquisition of legal
interests in the Land
5.     
approving agreements with landowners setting out the
terms for the withdrawal of any objections to the CPO including
(but not limited to) the exclusion of land from the
Order
6.     
the payment of compensation and dealing with any
blight notices served in connection with the CPO
7.     
making any necessary additions, deletions, or
amendments to the Land and to seeking any necessary modifications
to the CPO and any CPO maps; and
8.     
in the event the order is confirmed, publishing and
serve notices of confirmation of the Order and thereafter to
execute and serve any general vesting declarations and/or notices
to treat and notices of entry, and any other notices or
correspondence to acquire the Land or any part of it.