Decision details
Gloucester House and Durham Court – South Kilburn - Appropriation of Housing and Non Housing Land and Open Space
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To approve the advertising of the intention to
appropriate and dispose of open space at Gloucester House and
Durham Court site, and to appropriate the whole site including open
space for planning purposes.
Decision:
RESOLVED:
9.1 Cabinet approved to commence the advertisement of the Council’s intention to appropriate the open space in accordance with its powers set out in section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and dispose of open space at Gloucester House and Durham Court Site to a third party in accordance with the provisions of section 233 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
9.2 Cabinet agreed to delegate to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment, in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills, authority to consider the representations made by the public in response to the advertisement to appropriate and dispose of the open space and thereafter to decide whether to appropriate and dispose of the open space.
9.3 Cabinet agreed to delegate to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills, authority to appropriate the open space at the Gloucester House and Durham Court Site, and appropriate and dispose of the whole Site including open space for planning purposes (shown at appendix 1) if the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment in consultation with the Lead Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills decides to do so following the consultation.
9.4 The Cabinet noted section 3.9 of the report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration & Environment which outlines what the redevelopment of the Gloucester House and Durham Court site will consist of including the relocation and improvement of the public open space and play area at the north of the site.
9.5 Cabinet agreed to delegate to the Strategic Director of Regeneration & Environment and reconfirmed its approval to seeking the Secretary of State’s consent under section 19 Housing Act 1985 in order to appropriate any part of the land consisting of a house or part of a house.
9.6 Cabinet noted that the whole Site including the open space was no longer required for the purpose for which it is currently used.
Wards Affected: Kilburn;
Contact: Jill Rennie, Senior Project Manager, Estate Regeneration Email: jill.rennie@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 2556.
Report author: Jill Rennie
Publication date: 19/06/2017
Date of decision: 19/06/2017
Decided at meeting: 19/06/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 27/06/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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