Decision details

The Director of Development submitted a report seeking authority to make a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to acquire a strip of land to deliver a tree belt adjoining a residential development at Hall Farm, Micklefield.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That subject to the prior completion of appropriate indemnity and development agreements and the identification of an alternative funding stream, the Council makes a Compulsory Purchase Order under the provisions of Section 226(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 for the acquisition of land within the area shown on Plan No 1 attached to the submitted report for the purpose of securing the planting of a  tree belt.

(b)  That officers be authorised to take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the Compulsory Purchase Order including:

(i)  the publication and service of all notices and the presentations of the Council’s case at any Public Inquiry

(ii)  approving the acquisition of interests in land within the compulsory purchase order either by agreement or by way of compulsory powers

(iii)  approving agreements with land owners setting out terms for the withdrawal of objections to the Order, including where appropriate seeking exclusion of land from the Order and/or making arrangements for relocation of occupiers

(iv)  to authorise officers to enter into negotiations and to provisionally agree the terms of an appropriate indemnity agreement and any other agreements required to facilitate the scheme on detailed terms to be approved by the Director of Development.