147 Acquisition of land in support of the A320 road improvement scheme PDF 447 KB
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Decision:
RESOLVED:
- That Cabinet
authorise the making of a compulsory purchase order (the Order)
under the provisions of section 239 of the Highways Act 1980 to
acquire the Order Land to facilitate the carrying out of the said
Scheme, being satisfied that there is a compelling case in the
public interest for the compulsory purchase of the Order
Land to facilitate the carrying out of
the A320 HIF Scheme.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Executive
Director of Environment, Transport and Infrastructure (in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport and
Infrastructure) to settle the final extent, form and content of the Order and all
associated documentation and take all action needed to pursue the
Order and secure its confirmation.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to negotiate, agree land acquisition
terms, and enter into agreements with interested parties, including
agreements for the withdrawal of objections; to give undertakings
not to enforce the Order on specific terms; (where appropriate) to
remove land or rights from the Order, or to request the
modification of the Order by the Secretary of
State.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to implement the Order powers
following confirmation of the Order, including acquiring title to
and/or possession of the land and paying compensation agreed or
determined.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to enter into an agreement (or
agreements) with Highways England under sections 6 and 8 of the
Highways Act 1980:
-
That Cabinet accept the delegation of
the functions of Highways England with regard to the improvements
to highways at M25 junction 11 including the making of the
compulsory purchase order in respect of the Order Land at junction
11 (where the Council is not the highway authority).
Reason for Decisions:
In September 2020 the Cabinet confirmed
acceptance of the HIF funding award of £41.8 million
(see
Cabinet
Paper at
item 13).
As at the Cabinet decision date of September 2020
the Scheme had not been fully designed, thus the final land take
was not known, and the Report anticipated that a further authority
to pursue a compulsory purchase order would be sought from Cabinet.
This paper seeks that further authority to make a Compulsory
Purchase Order and to seek its confirmation by the Secretary of
State.
The decision as recommended by this report will
enable the Council with funding for its Infrastructure Fund Forward
Funding scheme from the Ministry of Housing, Communities &
Local Government (MHCLG) to construct the necessary infrastructure
improvements described above. To facilitate such construction, it
will be necessary to purchase additional land adjacent to the A320
public highway from third party landowners either by negotiation
and voluntary agreements or by compulsory
purchase.
[The decisions on this item can be called in by the
Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee]
Minutes:
The report was introduced by the Cabinet
Member for Transport and Infrastructure who explained that in
September 2020 Cabinet decision to proceed with the
A320 Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) Scheme. The report requests
Cabinet to resolve to make a compulsory
purchase order to purchase the necessary third-party land for the
A320 HIF Scheme, and to make and submit such Order to the Secretary
of State for confirmation. In order to support sustainable growth
in this area, highway capacity improvements are required to five
road junctions, four of which are on the A320, and the other, the
M25 junction 11. Highway capacity improvement will allow 11 Green
Belt sites to be released for the development of over 3,000 new
homes including over 1,000 affordable homes. The Runnymede Local
Plan specifically acknowledges that the development of 11 proposed
housing site allocations along the A320 corridor are reliant
specifically on the delivery of the mitigation proposed for the
A320 corridor.
Cabinet Member commented that
there had been positive engagement with local members. There was a
recognition that the work would improve congestion along the A320.
Will Forster stated that he was concerned that no Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) had been undertaken. The Cabinet
Member for Transport and Infrastructure referring to
paragraph 33 of the report stated that the County
had adopted an EIA screening opinion which concluded that the
project is not likely to have a significant effect on the
environment and so EIA was not required.
RESOLVED:
- That Cabinet
authorise the making of a compulsory purchase order (the Order)
under the provisions of section 239 of the Highways Act 1980 to
acquire the Order Land to facilitate the carrying out of the said
Scheme, being satisfied that there is a compelling case in the
public interest for the compulsory purchase of the Order
Land to facilitate the carrying out of
the A320 HIF Scheme.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Executive
Director of Environment, Transport and Infrastructure (in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport and
Infrastructure) to settle the final extent, form and content of the Order and all
associated documentation and take all action needed to pursue the
Order and secure its confirmation.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to negotiate, agree land acquisition
terms, and enter into agreements with interested parties, including
agreements for the withdrawal of objections; to give undertakings
not to enforce the Order on specific terms; (where appropriate) to
remove land or rights from the Order, or to request the
modification of the Order by the Secretary of
State.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to implement the Order powers
following confirmation of the Order, including acquiring title to
and/or possession of the land and paying compensation agreed or
determined.
-
That Cabinet authorise the Director
of Law and Governance (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Transport and Infrastructure) to enter ...
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