Agenda item

To consider a report by the Director for Regenerative Development, copy attached as item 13

Before the Committee was a report by the Assistant Director for Regenerative Development, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 13.

Approval was sought to appropriate part of the land comprising Union Place (Parcel A and B) for planning purposes and to acquire Parcel C for planning purposes for the redevelopment of Union Place.

The report updated the Committee on the proposal for the Council to exercise its Powers under s.203 Housing and Planning Act 2016 in respect of the proposed redevelopment of the Union Place site. The advice note attached to the Report at Exempt Appendix 2 sets out the advice obtained by the Council in considering whether to rely on s.203 powers in relation to the proposed development of Union Place.

Decision

That the Joint Strategic Committee

1)    Authorises the appropriation of Parcels A and B for planning purposes pursuant to section 122 (1) Local Government Act 1972 and section 227 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to facilitate the use of powers available to a local authority within Section 203 Housing and Planning Act 2016 (‘2016 Act’) to override any rights to light or other third party rights which may be infringed by the development of the proposed housing at the Union Place site and to approve the use of such powers under Section 203 of the 2016 Act, in relation to Parcels A and B, for the said purposes;

2)    Agrees that, if Parcel C is acquired under an Option Agreement between the Council and LCR, that his land will also be appropriated for planning purposes, to facilitate the use of the Council’s powers in Section 203 of the 2016 Act to override any rights to light or other third party rights which may be infringed by the development of the proposed housing at the Union Place site and to approve the use of such powers under Section 203 of the 2016 Act, in relation to Parcel C. Parcel C is currently owned by London & Continental Railways Limited (LCR) with the Council having an option to purchase Parcel C on giving notice to LCR.

3)    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director for Regenerative Development;

a)    following the surrender of the NCP Lease in respect of Parcel A, to approve the appropriation of Parcel A for planning purposes pursuant to section 122 (1) Local Government Act 1972 and section 227 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to facilitate the use of powers available to a local authority within Section 203 of the ‘2016 Act to override any rights to light or other third party rights which may be infringed by the development of the proposed housing at the Union Place and

b)    to approve the appropriation of Parcel B for planning purposes pursuant to section 122 (1) Local Government Act 1972 and section 2 227 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to facilitate the use of powers within Section 203 of the 2016 Act in respect of Parcel B, as described in resolution 2.4a) above; and

c)     to approve (if Parcel C is acquired by the Council) the appropriation of the same for planning purposes, to facilitate the use of powers within Section 203 of the 2016 Act in respect of Parcel C, as described in resolution 2.4a) above; and

d)    to enter into any necessary legal documentation required to complete the appropriation of the rights referred to in this report including any necessary arrangements to record the appropriation of Parcels A and B or C (if C is acquired) within the Union Place site for planning purposes;

4)    Agree the actions and recommendations at Paragraph 2 of the Exempt Appendix

Call In: The call-in deadline for decisions will be 5.00pm on 24 September 2024