Decision details

To agree in principle the Council’s approach to the acquisition of land for the East Leeds Orbital Road between the A64 and the A58.

The Director of City Development submitted a report which recommended that the Council progressed negotiations for a land acquisition in order to enable the delivery of the Northern Quadrant (NQ) section of the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR) within the East Leeds Extension (ELE).

Responding to a specific enquiry, a Member received clarification on the method by which local Ward Members had been notified of the proposals detailed within the submitted report.

Following consideration of Appendix 1 and Plan 1 to the submitted report, both designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which were considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED –

(a)  That approval be given for the Director of City Development to enter into negotiations in order to seek to agree terms for the purchase of the land interest, as defined within the exempt appendix to the submitted report, owing to it forming a strategic interest within the NQ within the ELE that will facilitate the delivery of ELOR;

(b)  That a further report be submitted from the Director of City Development to Executive Board on the terms to be provisionally agreed, at which time an injection into the Capital Programme will be requested together with a request of ‘Authority to Spend’ the monies for its purchase;

(c)  That it be noted that the Head of Land and Property will be responsible for the implementation of the actions, as set out within the submitted report.

(As Councillor J Procter was in attendance as a non-voting Member, he drew the Board’s attention to the fact that if he were able to, he would vote against the decisions referred to within this minute)

Briefings

-  Executive Member for Transport and the Economy

-  Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, Planning and Personnel

-  Ward Members