Decision details

With reference to article 10 of the minute of the meeting of Council of 6 March 2013, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure which provided an update on the progress of negotiations over the payment of compensation claims following The Aberdeen City Council Access from the North Proposals (“Third Don Crossing”) Compulsory Purchase Order 2010.

The report recommended –

that the Committee -

(a)       note the current progress of discussions regarding compensation;

(b)       suspend Standing Orders to grant delegated powers to the Head of Asset Management and Operations, after consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and the Convener of the Property Sub Committee to agree and pay any compensation claims in relation to this compulsory purchase order which exceeds £100,000 without the need to refer payment to Committee; and

(c)        note that the Council was currently challenging two Notices of Objection of Severance and that the Head of Legal and Democratic Services and the Head of Asset Management and Operations would undertake such work as required to protect the Council’s interests in respect of these cases.

The Committee resolved:

(i)         to approve recommendations (a) and (c) of the report; and

(ii)        to agree to suspend Standing Orders to grant delegated powers to the Head of Asset Management and Operations, after consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, the Convener of the Finance, Policy and Resources Committee and the Convener of the Property Sub-Committee to agree and pay any compensation claims in relation to this compulsory purchase order which exceeded £100,000 without the need to refer payment to Committee; and

(iii)       notwithstanding the progress report being submitted to the next meeting of the Committee, to instruct officers to bring forward the determination of the land tribunal decision to the Council or this Committee, whichever was sooner.