Having complied with paragraph 15 of the Council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules and having had regard to the provisions of the Community Strategy and being satisfied that the proposals in this report are likely to improve the economic, social or environmental well being of the area:
(i) That a Compulsory Purchase Order be made to authorise the acquisition by the Council of the land along side the River Itchen between Horseshoe Bridge and Mount Pleasant Industrial Estate shown pink on the map in appendix 1 for the purpose of constructing a cycle path under s.226(1)(a) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.
(ii) To approve the Statement of reasons for making the Compulsory Purchase Order as set out in appendix 2.
(iii) To authorise the Solicitor to the Council, following consultation where appropriate with the Executive Director of Environment and the cabinet member for Environment and Transport, to do anything necessary to give effect to the above recommendations including but not limited to undertaking all procedural steps required to:
(a) make, advertise and secure confirmation and implementation of the Compulsory Purchase Order,
(b) acquire interests in or rights over the land either by Agreement or Compulsorily,
(c) approve agreements with land owners setting out the terms for withdrawal of objections to the Order (to include payment of compensation), including where appropriate seeking exclusion of land from the Order, and
(d) to represent the Council in any Inquiry into the confirmation of the Compulsory Purchase Order.