Decision details

Purchase of site for a proposed Waste Transfer Station - Special Urgency

Decision Maker: Director of Community Services, Environment and Culture

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

Purchase of site for a proposed Waste Transfer Station

Reasons for the decision:

The urgency arises due to conditions to acquire the land the “Site” for a proposed Waste Transfer Station by the end of September 2024.
A new Waste Transfer Station is necessary to facilitate the nationally mandated food waste collection service from April 2026. Any delay in purchasing and enabling works could lead to a failure to deliver the mandated service and significantly increase future revenue costs.
The Site has been independently valued and the acquisition price will not exceed the market valuation.
The acquisition is subject to an expedited sale. There are other competing bids which the landowner could give precedence to if the sale cannot be expedited. As a consequence, a failure to act swiftly could result in a loss of this opportunity to purchase the Site and/or an increase in the purchase cost.
This is a key decision as it concerns expenditure of £500,000 or more and/or has an effect on two or more Wards.
Given the special urgency, the decision is exempt from the executive decision call-in procedure.

Alternative options considered:

NA

Dispensation:

NA

Publication date: 10/10/2024

Date of decision: 01/10/2024

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