Decision details

Dreamland Compensation Payments

Decision Maker: Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Strategy and Transformation, Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To approve the use of capital programme monies (as detailed in the exempt report to the decision) to make an advance payment of compensation to the former landowners/mortgagees following the acquisition of the Dreamland site.

Decision:

A sum of money (that is as detailed in the exempt report to the decision) to be paid to the former landowners in relation to Dreamland compensation, funded utilising the monies laid out in the report.

Reasons for the decision:

To ensure that the Council complies with legislation and best practice in relation to the compulsory purchase of the Dreamland site.

 

The accompanying report has been made exempt in line with paragraphs 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information) and 5 – Information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

There is no public interest served in disclosure of such information as such a disclosure would potentially prejudice the Council due to on-going confidential commercial negotiations between the Council and a third party.

Alternative options considered:

Not to make the advance payment. This option was rejected because Council would be in breach of the legislation that regulates such matters.

Publication date: 19/09/2018

Date of decision: 19/09/2018

Effective from: 27/09/2018

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