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Background:

The Cabinet agreed to accept this as urgent to meet the target date for signing the Grant Determination Agreement by 30 June 2020.

This report report provides an update on the progress of Medway’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) Bid – New Routes to Good Growth, which will provide much needed infrastructure to enable growth in and around the Hoo Peninsula.

The report provided details of a proposal to enable,in principle, should it become necessary, for the Council to utilise compulsory acquisition powers to ensure delivery of the required infrastructure of road, rail and Strategic Environmental Management Scheme (SEMS) that was to be supported by the Housing Infrastructure Fund.

The report stated that as this was an in principle decision, a further report would be presented to Cabinet at a later date detailing the full acquisition programme and seeking approval for the detailed acquisition proposals.

An exempt appendix provided details of the High Level Compulsory Acquisition Strategy and the indicative timeline.

Reasons:

In order to enter into the Grant Determination Agreement the Council is required to demonstrate commitment to use compulsory acquisition powers should it become necessary.