Purpose

Land acquisition (CPO)

Decision

Resolved
 
That Cabinet
 
1)   
Authorise the Executive Director for Resources to acquire the land
or rights in respect to the land shown on Drawing No.
9.2-A444—055-910A (Appendices 1), whether by agreement or by
means of a Compulsory Purchase Order (the Order), as is required to
enable the construction of Wheat Street and Leicester Road,
Nuneaton, subject to acquisition taking place only after:
 
               
i.         
planning permission has been granted; and
              
ii.         
and subsequent funding award, or funding for the purchase of the
land is otherwise secured to the satisfaction of the Executive
Director for Resources, subject to final authorisation by
Cabinet;
 
2)   
Authorise the Executive Director for Resources to take any steps
incidental, conducive or consequential thereto including the making
of the order, the publication and service of all notices and the
presentation of the Council’s case at any Public Inquiry;
 
3)   
Authorise the Executive Director for Resources to approve
agreements with landowners setting out the terms for the withdrawal
of any objections to the Order, including where appropriate seeking
exclusion of land or new rights from the Order; and
 
4)   
That the Executive Director for Communities and the Executive
Director for Resources be authorised to make such amendments to the
drawing referred to in Recommendation 1 as they consider to be
minor and necessary modifications after consultation with the
Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning.