Forward plan

Acquisition of land at 136 Honeypot Lane

Decision maker:  Cabinet

Decision:   11 Dec 2017

Lead officer:  Jenny Beasley

Decision status:  Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 28/11/2017

This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.

Reason for urgency:
a. Please explain why 28 days’ notice of the decision was not provided.

The site only recently came onto the market, and the terms were not agreed with the vendor until 20th November ‘17

b. Please explain why it is impractical to defer the decision to allow the required notice to be provided on the Forward Plan.

The vendor requires exchange of contracts before Christmas.

c. If any of the report is due to be exempt from publication, please explain why the 28 days’ notice of the planned exemption was not given.

Final terms including price were not agreed until 20th November – the agreed price is commercially sensitive information.

Anticipated restriction: Part exempt  - view reasons

Explanation of anticipated restriction:
The agreed price and terms are commercially sensitive information. All or part of the report will be not for publication as it will contain the following category of exempt information as specified under Local Government Act 1972, namely: information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).