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27 June 2008
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held on
27 June 2008 held at Fire Service Headquarters, Birkenshaw
Present: Councillor Booth (in the Chair), M Coulson, G Kirkland, M Khan and
R Light
1 Minutes of the Last Meeting
Resolved
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 June 2008 be signed by the
Chair as a correct record.
2 Urgent Items
None.
3 Admission of the Public
Resolved
That the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the item of business
specified below as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business
s to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public and press were present during this item, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information of the descriptions specified.
Agenda Item No |
Title of Report | Min No |
Description of exempt information by reference to the paragraph number in Schedule 12a of the Local Government Act 1972 |
| E5 | Acquisition of land and
property – Wakefield District Area |
5 | Paragraph 3 – financial or business affairs |
4 Declarations of Interest
There were no declarations of interest in any matter under consideration
at the meeting.
5 Acquisition of Land and Property – Wakefield Area
(This item was considered as exempt information under Schedule 12A (3)
of the Local Government Act 1972 – financial or business affairs)
Consideration was given to a report of the Director of Corporate Resources which
sought authorisation for the making and, if necessary, the confirmation
of, compulsory purchase orders in order to secure the acquisition of land and property for the purposes of the construction of three new Fire Stations in the Wakefield District area on the parcels of land as identified in the report now submitted and as required to fulfil the requirements of the Integrated Risk Management Plan.
Members were advised that this route would only be taken should consensual
agreement not be reached with the relevant land owners.
Resolved
(i) That approval be given to the making of Compulsory Purchase Orders
under the provisions of Sections 120 and 121 of the Local Government Act
1972 (and section 13 of the Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976) for the purposes of discharging powers and duties under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (concerning the proposed construction of new Fire Stations) in relation to those plots of land described in the report now
submitted together with all rights appertaining thereto;
(ii) That the Director of Corporate Resources be authorised to take all necessary
steps to secure the making, confirmation and implementation of
the Compulsory Purchase Orders proposed at (i) above, including,
a) the publication and service of all notices and presentation of the
Authority’s case at any public enquiry,
b) securing the acquisition of all interests in the land within the
Compulsory Purchase Orders either by agreement or by use of
compulsory powers,
c) entering into agreement with land owners, setting out the terms for the
withdrawal of objections to the Compulsory Purchase Orders
(including,
where appropriate, seeking exclusion of land from the Compulsory Purchase Orders and / or making arrangements for relocation of occupier), and
d) a requirement placed upon the Director of Corporate Resources to
submit further updates to this Committee or to the Authority as
appropriate on the progress of this acquisition programme;
and,
(iii) That a report be submitted to a future meeting of this Committee advising of the
financial details, consequences and risks with regard to the Compulsory
Purchase Orders (as detailed at (i) above) prior to their making.
Chair