Decision details

The Director of Resources and Housing has agreed to:-

1. Instruct officers to instigate Compulsory Purchase Order action under the provisions of Part II and Section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 against the premises known as 14 Edinburgh Terrace, Armley, Leeds LS12 3RH.
2. Subject to the confirmation of the order, the subsequent sale of the property will be disposed in line with the previously agreed disposal mechanism for properties acquired through compulsory purchase.

3. Authorise the allocation of funds from the Leeds Neighbourhood Approach approved fund to meet any claim for compensation that may arise subsequently from the title holder of the property.

4. Authorise the City Solicitor to prepare a Compulsory Purchase Order under the provisions of Part II and Section 17 of the Housing Act 1985, and that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed thereto and to the Order Map and that the City Solicitor, be further authorised to make application to the Department of Communities and Local Government for confirmation of the Order.

Appendix 1 to this report has been marked as exempt under Access to Information Procedure Rules 10.4 (3) on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) which, if disclosed to the public, would, or would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of that person or of the Council. The information is exempt if and for so long as in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. In this case the report author considers that it is in the public interest to maintain the exemption.