Decision details

The Executive considered a proposals relating to land in Covent Garden which was the subject of regeneration proposals under the Covent Garden Urban Village Master Plan and agreed that:-

·         the area of land described in paragraph 2.3 of the report and identified in Appendix B be declared surplus to requirements for community use;

·         the Executive being satisfied that equivalent public open space was to be made available in the proposed Covent Garden/Crowther Mill development to replace the existing public open space identified in Appendix B, the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services be authorised to include with the submission of the proposed compulsory purchase order to support the Covent Garden/Crowther Mill development an application pursuant to Section 19(1)(a) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 to obtain a certificate from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government that the existing public open space described in Appendix B can be disposed of to facilitate development without recourse to special Parliamentary procedures;

·         the land described in paragraph 2.3 of the report and identified in Appendix B be appropriated to planning purposes pursuant to Section 122(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972;

·         all the other land within the proposed Covent Garden/Crowther Mill development be appropriated to planning purposes pursuant to Section 122(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 in the event that such action is deemed to be necessary by the Chief Executive, in consultation with Eric Wright Construction/Your Housing Group to facilitate the proper implementation of the proposed development;

·         the intention of the Executive on 17 December 2013 be reaffirmed to dispose of the land described in paragraph 2.3 of the report and identified in Appendix B, to Eric Wright Construction/Your Housing Group for the purpose set out in the report.

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