Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Regeneration)

The report details a proposal to make and submit a Compulsory Purchase Order to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  for the purchase of the house known as the “Coach House”, No 33 Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport as part of the Council’s continuing programme of seeking to bring empty houses back into beneficial residential use where the house has largely fallen into decay and is in need of restoration and refurbishment to arrest further deterioration and the detrimental effect the condition of the house is having on neighbouring property and the amenity of the surrounding area

The Executive is recommended to agree:

·         That the Council Solicitor be authorised to make and submit an Order pursuant to Section 17(1)(b) of the Housing Act 1985 to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for the purpose of acquiring the house known as the “Coach House” situate at No 33 Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport for improvement and subsequent disposal of the house to a preferred developer in order to achieve the  desired objective of bringing the house  back into beneficial residential use at the earliest opportunity. 

·         That the Corporate Director of Place be authorised to continue to explore the possibility of the house being acquired through voluntary means with whosoever has the capability and capacity to dispose of the house to the Council for the purposes intended.

Officer contact: Louise Murphy, 0161 474 4565, louise.murphy@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Regeneration) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider a proposal to pursue a Compulsory Purchase Order for the purchase of the house known as the “Coach House” at No.33 Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme to bring the empty property back into beneficial residential use.

RESOLVED – That:

·         That the Council Solicitor be authorised to make and submit an Order pursuant to Section 17(1)(b) of the Housing Act 1985 to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for the purpose of acquiring the house known as the “Coach House” situate at No. 33 Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport for improvement and subsequent disposal of the house to a preferred developer in order to achieve the desired objective of bringing the house  back into beneficial residential use at the earliest opportunity. 

·         That the Corporate Director of Place be authorised to continue to explore the possibility of the house being acquired through voluntary means with whosoever has the capability and capacity to dispose of the house to the Council for the purposes intended.

A representative of the Service Director (Place Development) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing proposals for the making and submitting of a Compulsory Purchase Order to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  for the purchase of the house  known as the “Coach House”, No 33 Swann  Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport as part of the Council’s continuing programme of seeking to bring empty houses back into beneficial residential use where the house has largely fallen into decay and is in need of restoration and refurbishment to arrest further deterioration and the detrimental effect the condition of the house was having on neighbouring property and the amenity of the surrounding area.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted and that the Executive be recommended to raise and submit a Compulsory Purchase Order to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for the purchase of the house known as the “Coach House”, No 33 Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme.