Decision details

1.1    That authority be delegated to the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment to progress all development work for the proposed Stubbington Bypass (“the Scheme”), including the completion of all necessary steps required to secure ‘Full Approval’ from the Department for Transport (DfT), and the progression of all enabling and environmental works for the scheme, to ensure that delivery can commence within agreed timescales.

1.2    That the Executive Member for Environment and Transport confirms the approved alignment of the Scheme, as detailed in Appendix 1.

1.3    That authority be delegated to the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment and the Head of Legal Services to progress any appropriate Orders, Notices, or Statutory procedures and obtain any consents, rights or easements that are necessary for the Scheme.

1.4    That the Executive Member for Environment and Transport recommends that the Executive Member for Policy and Resources provides authority to acquire all third party interests in any land and any necessary rights required for or to facilitate/enable the delivery of the proposed Scheme by agreement.

1.5    That, in order to ensure the delivery of the Scheme within agreed funding timescales, the Executive Member for Environment and Transport recommends to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources that a Compulsory Purchase Order is made for the land required to deliver the Scheme, as detailed in Appendix 2, to run in parallel with negotiations to acquire all third party land interests by agreement, on the basis that the areas of land identified  in Appendix 2 will not be extended but may be revised or minimised.