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Report of the Head of Locality Services - Commissioned

Further to Minute No. 38 of the meeting held on 3 September 2015, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Locality Services – Commissioned which sought authority to make the Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (A565 Highway Improvements/Regent Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2016, to enable the A565 North Liverpool Key Corridor Major Scheme to be progressed by the Council and Liverpool City Council.

Decision Made: That

(1)       the Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (A565 Highway Improvements / Regent Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2016 be made under Section 239 of the Highways Act 1980 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 to secure the compulsory acquisition of the land shown coloured pink on the plan set out in Appendix 1 to the report;

(2)       the draft Statement of Reasons for making the said Order be approved and the Head of Locality Services - Commissioned in consultation with the Head of Regulation and Compliance be authorised to finalise the Statement of Reasons for making the Order based on the draft set out in the report;

(3)       the Head of Locality Services - Commissioned in consultation with the Head of Regulation and Compliance be authorised to make minor or technical amendments to the Compulsory Purchase Order boundaries if necessary, as shown on the plan at Appendix 1 to the report;

(4)       the Head of Regulation and Compliance be authorised to seal the Order and take all necessary and ancillary steps, including the publication and service of all statutory notices and the presentation of the Council’s case at any public inquiry to secure the confirmation of the Compulsory Purchase Order by the Secretary of State;

(5)       once the Order has been confirmed, the Head of Regulation and Compliance, be authorised to take all necessary steps, including the publication of any notices to secure the vesting of the land in the Council, including as necessary the making of any General Vesting Declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (General Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 or to serve notices to treat and notices to enter pursuant to the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 or any legislation replacing or amending the same; and

(6)       the Head of Locality Services - Commissioned be authorised to confirm the Order in the event that the Secretary of State notifies the Council that it has been given the power to confirm the Order if it is still considered appropriate to do so.

Reasons for Decision:

Liverpool City Council, as the scheme’s sponsor, have determined a programme for the delivery of the scheme to link with other proposed Key Corridor works within and around the Liverpool city centre. They have also committed to achieving indicative spend targets of the Liverpool City Region Growth Fund within 2016/17 and 2017/18. In order to achieve the programme, the City Council had determined that Compulsory Purchase Orders would need to be served on affected properties along the corridor in order to ensure that any land necessary to deliver the Scheme, the dualling of the A565, can  ...  view the full minutes text for item 84