Agenda item

A report from the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care and Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services is attached. This recommends the making of the Academy Street CPO to enable the acquisition of the third party land required to deliver the Academy Street development. (Report No.33, agenda part two also refers) (Key decision – reference number 3694)

(Report No.27)

(8.55 – 9.00 pm)

Councillor Ahmet Oykener (Cabinet Member for Housing) introduced the report of the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care and Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services (No.27) recommending the making of the Academy Street Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO).

NOTED

1.         that Report No.33 also referred, as detailed in Minute No.23 below;

2.         that the Council was in the process of re-naming Academy Street to Dujardin Mews, which would be the title used in future reports;

3.         that the CPO was required as a contingency measure should the Council fail to reach a negotiated settlement with the third party landowners.

4.         that this development would include some of the first new Council homes in approximately forty years, paragraph 3.18 of the report referred. This was a significant achievement in the current economic climate.

5.         the bedroom mix for the scheme was as set out in paragraph 3.19 of the report.

6.         compulsory purchase of the legal interests of the third party landowners would enable the development of the site to provide new homes, which would re-house tenants and leaseholders affected by the Alma Estate Regeneration, as outlined in paragraph 3.22 of the report;

7.         Councillor Ayfer Orhan stated that this was an exciting project for residents in Ponders End and was a significant step towards the regeneration of the Alma estate. The local community had been involved in the proposals.

Alternative Options Considered: For the Council to not make a CPO for Academy Street 2013. Without CPO powers the Council could not guarantee that the requisite land could be assembled to enable the consented scheme to be delivered.

DECISION: The Cabinet

1.         noted the draft statement of reasons attached to the report which set out the justification for making the Academy Street CPO 2013 in relation to the land shown at Appendix 1 to the report;

2.         noted the indicative timeline for the CPO process for the Academy Street CPO 2013 detailed in Appendix 3 to the report;

3.         agreed to delegate authority to the Director of Health, Housing and Adult Social Care in consultation with the Director of Finance, Resources and Customer Services:

a)         to publish the draft London Borough of Enfield (Academy Street) Compulsory Purchase Order 2013, to seek confirmation of the Secretary of State and if confirmed, implement the Order.

b)         to modify the draft Statement of Reasons, detailed in Appendix 4 of the report, the Order Plan and effect any other procedural requirements including (but not limited to) the publication and service of all notices and the presentation of the Council’s case at any public inquiry.

c)         to acquire any interests in land within the Order area by agreement and the making of payments equivalent to statutory compensation and the provision of property or services in lieu of compensation, in contemplation of the Order being made.

d)         if and when the Order was confirmed then to acquire by compulsion and make payments of statutory compensation, if voluntary agreements could not be reached.

Reason: To provide the Council with a legal option to ensure that vehicular access could be secured to enable the development to take place and that a key pedestrian route was adopted and integrated within the scheme to ensure much needed new homes could be delivered. The Council could not guarantee delivery of the planning consented development without CPO powers. These new homes were needed to enable the delivery of the Alma Regeneration Programme.

(Key decision – reference number 3694)