Quote dboy="dboy""One stumbling block has been the fact that some of the land needed for the development is owned by third party retail outlets.
The developer asked the council to consider the use of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) on the access road for road improvements to be carried out.
The report says that council officials thought that that step was "too onerous an obligation for the council".
It says: "The developer had originally asked the council to commit now to pursuing compulsory purchase orders but officers felt this was too onerous an obligation."
Seems WMDC think it is not desirable to use CPO in this case...'"
The land to to be CPO'd is a few square metres of grass verges in front of B&Q, The Ford dealership, and behind Mc Donalds and Pizza Hut . The Council resolved to use their powers to persue CPO's at no cost to the council. The cost will be refundable by the Waystone.
Don't forget that this is not just to facilitate the stadium but all the rest of the surrounding development in the Waystone Scheme.
