Issue - meetings

RECOMMENDATIONS AGREED:

Reason for decision – as specified in the report.

Other options considered - none.

Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none

RESOLVED:

2.1       That the Corporate Director for Resources, in consultation with theExecutive Member for Housing and Development and the Corporate Director for Housing and Adult Social Services, be authorised to take all necessary steps, includingthe making of Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) under section 226(1)(a) of the Town andCountry Planning Act 1990, General Vesting Declarations or Notices to Treat, to ensure that the leaseholdand any other interests in the properties described in Table 2.1 below, where attempts to negotiatea voluntary acquisition of the leasehold interest in accordance with the development timetablehave failed, be agreed.

Table 2.1

2.2       That where the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources approves the making of a CPO, the Acting Director of Law and Governance be authorised to take all necessary steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of the CPO including the approval of agreements with the owners and any objectors for the withdrawal of objections to the CPO, the settling of compensation and the acquisition of all interests in the properties on terms recommended by the Corporate Director of Finance and Resources, be agreed.

2.3       That the use of CPO powers in respect of the properties identified in this report is being exercised after balancing the rights of the individual property owners with the requirement to obtain possession of the properties in the public interest, be agreed.

2.4       That the interference with the human rights of the property owners affected by the proposals in this report, and in particular their rights to a home and to the ownership of property, is proportionate, given their rights to object and to compensation, and the benefit to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the areas of Islington affected by these proposals, be agreed.

Reason for decision – to enable the development of 54 new homes, 27 of which will be for social rent.

Other options considered – none other than as specified in the report.

Conflicts of interest/dispensations granted – none