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Using Compulsory Purchase Orders to bring Empty Homes back into Occupation

Meeting: 06/12/2016 - EXECUTIVE (Item 72)

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The report presents a case to use compulsory purchase order (CPO) powers to bring a long term empty home back into occupation.

Additional documents:

Decision:

1.      That the principle of acquiring empty property A, either voluntarily or through the use of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) and the subsequent disposal of the property, be approved.

2.      That the principle of the disposal of empty property A following a successful acquisition and renovation to a habitable standard, regardless of the resulting value be approved.

3.      To authorise the Director of Social Care, Health and Housing, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Assistant Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer), to make a compulsory purchase order to be known as “The Central Bedfordshire (Property A) Compulsory Purchase Order” under section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 or any other relevant legal powers, in respect of land and property indicated on a map marked with the name of the Compulsory Purchase Order, where the words Property A will be replaced with the full address of the property.  For the avoidance of doubt this authorisation extends to a Key Decision should that be necessary.

4.      To authorise the Assistant Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer), in respect of Property A:

(a)     to take all necessary steps in connection therewith including making and serving of the Other, the signing publication, and serving of all notices, the submission of the Order to the appropriate Secretary of State (and if any objections are received) the making of arrangements for a Public Enquiry, including the appointment of Counsel; and

(b)     to either serve a Notice to Treat under the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 or make a general vesting declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (vesting declarations) Act 1981 so as to acquire all necessary interests in the land and property included in the confirmed Compulsory Purchase Order.

Minutes:

 

The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Social Care and Housing proposing a compulsory purchase order (CPO) to acquire a long term empty home with a view to bringing it back into occupation.

 

Reason for decision:  To enable Housing Services to progress a CPO in respect of property A and enable the Director of Social Care, Health and Housing to take all necessary steps to complete the process, in consultation with the Assistant Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer).

 

RESOLVED

 

1.      that the principle of acquiring empty property A, either voluntarily or through the use of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) and the subsequent disposal of the property, be approved;

 

2.      that the principle of the disposal of empty property A following a successful acquisition and renovation to a habitable standard, regardless of the resulting value be approved;

 

3.      to authorise the Director of Social Care, Health and Housing, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and the Assistant Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer), to make a compulsory purchase order to be known as “The Central Bedfordshire (Property A) Compulsory Purchase Order” under section 17 of the Housing Act 1985 or any other relevant legal powers, in respect of land and property indicated on a map marked with the name of the Compulsory Purchase Order, where the words Property A would be replaced with the full address of the property.  For the avoidance of doubt this authorisation extended to a Key Decision should that be necessary; and

 

4.      to authorise the Assistant Director Legal Services (Monitoring Officer), in respect of Property A:

 

(a)       to take all necessary steps in connection therewith including making and serving of the Other, the signing publication, and serving of all notices, the submission of the Order to the appropriate Secretary of State (and if any objections were received) the making of arrangements for a Public Enquiry, including the appointment of Counsel; and

 

(b)     to either serve a Notice to Treat under the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 or make a general vesting declaration under the Compulsory Purchase (vesting declarations) Act 1981 so as to acquire all necessary interests in the land and property included in the confirmed Compulsory Purchase Order.