1. This report is submitted for consideration as a General Exception under paragraph 15 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the City Council’s Constitution, notice having been given to the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee and the Public. The matter requires a decision to instigate the compulsory purchase order in order for works to commence on site in April 2010. This is to suit the “ecology” window in respect of work planned to start on site April 2010 and be completed before migrating birds arrive at the end of summer 2010.
2. A key requirement of the project is that the Big Lottery Fund requires proof of land owners’ permission for each project to be sited on or across their respective land. In the case of the Southampton project there are two areas of land that have not been recorded with the land registry.
3. The key to this project is to have land owners permission to install the route across their land. This is a condition of the Big Lottery Fund; by not having land owners consent the Big Lottery Fund will not consider any financial support for the Connect2 project. Therefore the project would not be funded. This would result in the project not progressing or Southampton City Council having to contribute the £450,000.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Bevois;