Issue - meetings

That the necessary steps be taken to appropriate the Council-owned land off Wheatsheaf Close (edged red on the plan attached as Appendix 1 to the report) for planning purposes under Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and Section 232 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The Executive considered a report setting out a proposal to appropriate land off Wheatsheaf Close, Sindlesham, in order to progress a community-led self-build scheme on that land.

The Executive Member for Finance and Housing reminded Members that as part of housing delivery the Council was required to deliver service plots for self-build. To this end in January 2019 the Executive had approved that land off Wheatsheaf Close should be developed to deliver around 21 plots; 13 for shared ownership and 8 as private plots.  As the land off Wheatsheaf Close had on occasions been utilised for informal recreational use, it could be considered by some members of the public to be open space.  To enable the proposed development and mitigate the risks of any challenges which would delay development and incur a high cost the Council had been advised to activate a formal appropriation process for this parcel of land.

RESOLVED: That the necessary steps be taken to appropriate the Council-owned land off Wheatsheaf Close (edged red on the plan attached as Appendix 1 to the report) for planning purposes under Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and Section 232 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.