Gypsy site in order to meet assessed future needs for the Traveller community as required by legislation. The proposal is subject to a successful bid to the Welsh Government Gypsy and Traveller sites capital grant programme for 2016/17. In order to enable any bid to be successful, the local authority needs to be the registered owner of the parcel(s) of land that will be developed and to achieve this a Compulsory Purchase Order for a small parcel of land is now necessary. The land required is in unknown ownership and compulsory acquisition is the only available option to acquire the land within a reasonable timescale to enable the proposals to proceed. 3. Recommendation/s for Consideration* 3.1 That the Council agrees to make a Compulsory Purchase Order pursuant to Section 226 (1)(a) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as amended to facilitate the acquisition of the land in unknown ownership, as outlined in the report, and to enable the development and extension of the Cwmcrachen Travellers’ Site. Why this topic is a priority for the Council?* Report author to identify links to the main corporate strategies. Single Corporate Performance Operating Model Transforming Other Integrated Improvement Management Blaenau Gwent (please Plan (SIP) Plan (CIP) Improvement (TBG Framework Programme) (PMIF) Yes No No No No Statutory Function Reporting Pathway* Report author to identify proposed reporting pathway. (To include dates where possible) Directorate Corporate Audit Democratic Scrutiny Executive Council Other Management Management Services (please Team (DMT) Team (CMT) Committee state) Yes Yes No No No No Yes N/A *Denotes mandatory section Main Report
Gypsy site in order to meet assessed future needs for the Traveller community as required by legislation. The proposal is subject to a successful bid to the Welsh Government Gypsy and Traveller sites capital grant programme for 2016/17. In order to enable any bid to be successful, the local authority needs to be the registered owner of the parcel(s) of land that will be developed and to achieve this a Compulsory Purchase Order for a small parcel of land is now necessary. The land required is in unknown ownership and compulsory acquisition is the only available option to acquire the land within a reasonable timescale to enable the proposals to proceed. 3. Recommendation/s for Consideration* 3.1 That the Council agrees to make a Compulsory Purchase Order pursuant to Section 226 (1)(a) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as amended to facilitate the acquisition of the land in unknown ownership, as outlined in the report, and to enable the development and extension of the Cwmcrachen Travellers’ Site. Why this topic is a priority for the Council?* Report author to identify links to the main corporate strategies. Single Integrated Plan (SIP) Corporate Improvement Plan (CIP) Performance Management Improvement Framework (PMIF) Operating Model Transforming Blaenau Gwent (TBG Programme) Other (please Yes No No No No Statutory Function Reporting Pathway* Report author to identify proposed reporting pathway. (To include dates where possible) Directorate Management Team (DMT) Corporate Management Team (CMT) Audit Democratic Services Committee Scrutiny Executive Council Other (please state) Yes Yes No No No No Yes N/A *Denotes mandatory section Main Report