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Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Place)

(Listing Officer: C. Knight, Tel: 024 7683 4001)

Further to Minute 119 above, the Cabinet considered a private report of the Deputy Chief Executive (People) that set out confidential aspects of the proposals to secure land required to complete the Coventry Station Masterplan.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet:-

1.  Authorise the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) under Section 226(1) (a) Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in order to acquire the interests in the land edged black on the plan at Appendix 1 of the report, including where necessary, the acquisition of new rights under Section 13 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, in order to facilitate the delivery of Coventry Station Masterplan.

2.  Delegate to the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) the authority to, notwithstanding the recommendations above, continue to negotiate terms to acquire all interests in land by agreement alongside progressing of a CPO.

3.  Authorise the Director of Finance and Corporate Services following consultation with the Legal Services Manager to finalise the Order Map (within the black line boundary of the Appendix 1 Plan), the Statement of Reasons and the CPO Order and advertise the Order and submit it to the Secretary of State and to take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the CPO, including High Court Enforcement Officer Notices and (if granted power to do so) to confirm the CPO.

4.  Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive (Place) following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration to approve the costs of land acquisition within the Coventry Station Masterplan funding envelope.

5.  Delegate authority to the Director of Transport and Highways to make an application under Section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to stop up areas of highway necessary to implement the proposals.