To receive comments and recommendations from other Council bodies, and any responses subsequent to recommendations, which the Panel has previously made.
At the Cabinet meeting on 10 June 2015, the following responses were made to the recommendations from the Panel on the 3 June 2015, on the following items:
(i) CABINET REPORT – FIELDS IN TRUST
PANEL RECOMMENDED: That the Regeneration & Development and Environment & Community Panel support the recommendations to Cabinet as follows:
That Cabinet agrees to:
a) Enter into a Deed of Dedication with Fields in Trust for the open space shown in Appendix 2 of the report as a Centenary Field.
b) Delegate authority to the Executive Director, Commercial Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for ICT Leisure and Public Space to agree the Deed of Dedication with Fields in Trust.
CABINET RESPONSE: The Panel recommendations were taken into consideration when Cabinet considered the item.
(ii) CABINET REPORT – KING’S LYN SURFACE WATER AND HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTRE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAJOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT LYNNSPORT AND MARSH LANE – COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER
PANEL RECOMMENDED: That the Regeneration & Development and Environment & Community Panel supports the recommendations to Cabinet as set out below:
1. That Cabinet authorise the Property Services Manager to acquire the land, or secure rights as necessary, identified within this report, in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holder.
2. That the Council makes a Compulsory Purchase Order (or Compulsory Purchase Orders) in respect of the parcels of land and interests referred to pursuant to Section 226(1)(a) Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
3. That the Property Services Manager be given delegated authority to make any necessary changes to the Order plan and to the interest which are to be acquired, should further information come to light requiring such amendments, in consultation with the relevant Portfolio Holder(s).
4. That the Legal Services Manager is given delegated authority to make and complete all necessary documents in relation to the private treaty acquisitions and/or the compulsory purchase orders as necessary.
CABINET RESPONSE: The Panel recommendations were taken into consideration when Cabinet considered the item.
(iii) EXEMPT – CABINET REPORT – ACQUISITION OF MORSTON ASSETS SITES AT THE NAR OUSE REGENERATION AREA
PANEL RECOMMENDED: That the Regeneration & Development and Environment & Community Panel supports the recommendations to Cabinet as set out below, with a slight amendment to the wording of recommendation 2:
1. Instruct officers to undertake comprehensive due diligence of the Morston Assets sites including jointly commissioning with the Administrators, detailed site investigations to enable a full assessment of remediation and development costs of the sites.
2. Note conditional offers to the administrators for all of the Morston Assets sites as set out in paragraph 3.1.
3. Subject to the results of the due diligence, delegate authority to the Property Services Manager and Legal Services Manager in consultation with the Leader and Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, to submit revised firm offers to the Administrators to acquire part or all of the Morston Assets land holdings at the Nar Ouse Regeneration Area, subject to the total sum being equal to or less than the sums identified in the conditional offer.
4. Authorise the Legal Services Manager to make and complete all necessary documents in relation to the acquisitions identified in this report.
CABINET RESPONSE: The Panel recommendations were taken into consideration when Cabinet considered the item.
Minutes:
The Panel noted the response made by Cabinet to the recommendations from the Joint Panel meeting on 3rd June 2015 on the following items:
· Fields in Trust.
· King’s Lynn Surface Water and Highway Infrastructure improvements and Major Housing Development at Lynnsport and Marsh Lane – Compulsory Purchase Order.
· EXEMPT – Acquisition of Morston Assets Sites at the Nar Ouse Regeneration Area.