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APOLOGIES Additional documents: Minutes: The Cabinet Members
and Officers were welcomed to the meeting. Apologies were
received from Councillor Annwen Hughes, local member for Llanbedr. |
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DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST Additional documents: Minutes: No declarations of
personal interest were received. |
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URGENT ITEMS Additional documents: Minutes: There were no
urgent items. |
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MATTERS ARISING FROM OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY Additional documents: Minutes: There were no matters arising
from overview and scrutiny. |
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A496 LLANBEDR IMPROVEMENT SCHEME (ACCESS TO THE SNOWDONIA AIRSPACE CENTRE) PDF 376 KB Additional documents:
Decision: To
authorise the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) in respect of the
A496 Llanbedr Road Improvement Scheme. To authorise the Head of Environment in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and the Head of Legal Services to acquire all necessary interests in the land set out in Appendix 5 of the report to deliver the A496 Llanbedr Road Improvement Scheme and, where required to take all necessary steps to acquire those interests by way of a CPO including pursuing its confirmation with the Welsh Ministers should the Council fail to reach a negotiated settlement for the purchase of those interests within the scheme timescales. Minutes:
The report was presented, and it was noted that the Cabinet was asked to authorise two things.
Firstly, permission to make a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) in respect of the A496 Llanbedr
Road Improvement Scheme. One change
to the report was noted. In point 2.3 - European Funding - the reported noted that the 'funding would be spent by the end of March 2019'. This had been deleted and
the date changed to December 2022 which was the date which had now been agreed
with Welsh Government via the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO). It should
be noted that Council officials meet on a monthly
basis with WEFO to update them on
progress with the project and that they
were willing to consider extending the date further as the work progressed. The Head of Environment Department added that this would
give assurance for the department to realise the scheme in accordance with
the timeframe but that in the meantime
they would continue to negotiate with landowners to reach a purchase agreement. It was noted that restrictions
on the timeframe as a result of the funding situation remained and that the ability
to issue a draft order would facilitate
any delay. Members were
reminded that the scheme had been submitted before the National
Park planning authority twice in the past but that the report
submitted to the Cabinet today
was a different phase of
the scheme. It was said that lands were
required in order to secure access to the aerospace site to enable any further developments. The discussion was opened for members to ask further questions. Observations on the scheme were provided including the acknowledgement that it had been underway for some considerable time and that developments which ensured that the scheme would be realised were welcome. It was noted that the Environment Department should be thanked or their perseverance with the scheme to ensure that funding would be ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |