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or thomas.ribbits@hounslow.gov.uk.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
A meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Lampton
Road, Hounslow on Tuesday, 24th March 2015 at 8.00pm
MEMBERSHIP
The Mayor and Deputy Mayor
All other Members of the Council
AGENDA
1.
Loyal Address to Her Majesty the Queen on the Occasion of the
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Creation of the London Borough of
Hounslow
It is proposed by Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of the Council, and seconded by
Councillor Peter Thompson, Leader of the Opposition, that the Council resolve the
following:
To The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty
The Loyal And Dutiful Address Of The Mayor, Council And Citizens Of The London
Borough Of Hounslow On The Occasion Of The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Creation Of
The Borough.
We, the Mayor and Members of the London Borough of Hounslow, on behalf of the all the
people of the Borough, beg to tender our loyal greeting to Your Majesty upon the
occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Council in accordance with the
provisions of the Local Government Act 1963 which came into force on 1st April 1965.
We would like to thank Your Majesty for your service to the people of London and in
particular the London Borough of Hounslow in the fifty years since the creation of the 32
London boroughs which comprise Greater London.
As you have given dedicated and exemplary service over the many years of your reign,
so too have the many members of the Council during the last fifty years striven to follow
your example by providing selfless public service in pursuance of the benefit of residents,
and hope to continue to do so for many more.
The fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the London Borough of Hounslow is a unique
occasion and it is with pride that we look back on our past successes and it is with hope
that we look forward to continuing to improve the lives of the people of the Borough. We
thank you for the opportunity that you have given us to do these things and so on this
remarkable day, we give you our warmest good wishes for the forthcoming years.
2.
Apologies for Absence, Other Announcements and Declarations
of Interest from Members
3.
Announcements
To receive announcements (if any) from the Mayor, Leader, Members of the Cabinet or
the Chief Executive as Head of Paid Service.
4.
Minutes
(Pages 1 - 30)
To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24th February 2015.
5.
Petitions
(Pages 31 - 35)
Report by the Head of Democratic Services
6.
Formal Resolution to Grant Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO)
for Land at Hounslow Town Centre (REG279)
(Pages 36 - 233)
Report by Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for
Housing and Regeneration
Please note that due to their size, the appendices to this report are available in electronic
form only and are not included in the hard copy version of this agenda
7.
Appointment of Interim Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer
(CEX57)
(Pages 234 237)
Report by Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for
Housing and Regeneration
8.
Establishing a Hounslow Pension Board (CEX53)
(Pages 238 256)
Report by Councillor Theo Dennison, Cabinet Member for Finance and Citizen
Engagement
9.
Pay Statement (CEX48)
(Pages 257 274)
Report by Councillor Ajmer Grewal, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Inclusion
10.
Appointments to Committees and Other Bodies
Members are asked to make any appointments that are nominated at the meeting for the
remainder of the municipal year and delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in
consultation with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, to make any adjustments necessary to
ensure political proportionality.
11.
Decisions Taken Under Urgency Arrangements (if any)
The Council is asked to note the following uses of the urgency arrangements:
Council and Cabinet Decisions Taken Under Urgency Arrangements:
None
Forward Plan Urgency Notices:
None
Questions from Members
12.
Councillor Gurpal Virdi to ask Councillor Ajmer Grewal, Cabinet
Member for Equalities and Inclusion
Would the Cabinet Member for Equalities and Inclusion please explain the council‟s policy
on:
Recruitment, retention and progression of employees who been found to have
discriminated, bullied, victimised or harassed others either by courts, tribunals or
disciplinary panels.
Any person who raises concerns, that is, „whistle blowing‟ on any matter.
13.
Councillor John Todd to ask Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of
the Council
Hounslow Town Centre Redevelopment: 'On time and on budget' is frequently mentioned
by Councillor Curran.
I and others participated in a thorough review of a range of diverse and fully costed
schemes for the town centre development submitted by a number of developers.
We chose what we then considered to be the best scheme. In doing so we, amongst
other things, made a comparative analysis of the costs and income then provided by each
bidder. The London Borough of Hounslow provided professional advisers to aid our task.
The chosen contractor had now apparently reneged on their original costings. The
London Borough of Hounslow has accepted their new financial demands.
Would Councillor Curran provide details of the original and new increased cost of this
project and justify his acceptance of the increase?
14.
Councillor Gerald McGregor to ask Councillor Richard Foote,
Cabinet Member for Community Protection
Will the Cabinet Member for Parking undertake to contact everyone who was improperly
fined for parking at Chiswick House since May 2013 and give them a refund?
Motions
15.
Proposed by Councillor Peter Thompson and Seconded by
Councillor Gerald McGregor
“This Council is very concerned about the effect that such a tax would have on residents
in Hounslow particularly those who bought their home many years ago and who have
seen the value of their property appreciate enormously in recent years.
The Council notes the comments by David Lammy MP and Diane Abbott MP that this is a
„tax on London‟ and that this measure could force people to move out of the Borough and
hit elderly people who do not have high incomes the most. The Council is also concerned
that the proposed tax will not affect those it is intended to target.
This Council resolves to oppose these measures and to lobby against them.”
16.
Proposed by Councillor Steve Curran and Seconded by
Councillor Mel Collins
“This Council calls upon the Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt to reassure
residents that increase waiting times in Accident and Emergency (A&E) at West
Middlesex Hospital will be reduced immediately to meet National Health Service (NHS)
waiting time targets to ensure that our residents do not suffer unduly”.
17.
Any Other Matters That the Mayor Considers Urgent
18.
Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Council is scheduled for Tuesday 26th May 2015 and will
commence at 7.30pm in the Council Chamber. This will be the annual meeting of the
Council.
Recording and reporting on public meetings
Please note that members of public can choose to record, or report in other ways, on this public
meeting. If you wish to do so then please read the Council’s protocol which can be found on the
Council’s website. Copies of the protocol are also available at the meeting.
The Council asks that you avoid recording members of the audience who are not participants at
the meeting. The Council will seek to facilitate this. However, anyone attending a public meeting
does so in the knowledge that recording may take place and that they may be part of that record.
DECLARING INTERESTS
Members are reminded that if they have a personal interest in any matter being discussed at the
meeting they must declare the interest and if the interest is also a prejudicial interest then they may
not take part in any discussion or vote on the matter.
Mary Harpley
Chief Executive,
Civic Centre, Lampton Road,
Hounslow, TW3 4DN
Published on 15th March 2015
Agenda Item 4
At a meeting of the Borough Council held on Tuesday, 24th February 2015
at 7.30pm in the Council Chamber at the Hounslow Civic Centre,
Lampton Road, Hounslow
Present:
The Mayor, Councillor Corinna Smart (in the Chair)
The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Bishnu Bahadur Gurung
Councillors:
Keith Anderson, Candice Atterton, Harleen Atwal Hear, Lily Bath, Raj
Bath, Manjit Buttar, Ruth Cadbury, Peter Carey, John Chatt, Samia
Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins, Steve Curran, Samantha
Davies, Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard Foote,
Linda Green, Pritam Grewal, Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Sam Hearn,
Tina Howe, David Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal,
Adrian Lee, Tony Louki, Paul Lynch, Mukesh Malhotra, Khulique Malik,
Nisar Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed Mayne, Gerald McGregor, Shaida Mehrban,
Hina Mir, Alan Mitchell, Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds, Shantanu Rajawat,
Daanish Saeed, Sue Sampson, Sohan Sangha, Myra Savin, Jagdish
Sharma, Peter Thompson, John Todd, Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
1.
Apologies for Absence, Other Announcements and Declarations of Interest from
Members
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Tom Bruce, Sam Christie, Ajmer
Grewal, Hanif Khan and Surinder Purewal.
Apologies for lateness were received from Councillors John Chatt, Bandna Chopra, Linda
Green and Gurpal Virdi.
There were no declarations of interest.
2.
Announcements
The Mayor advised Members of the sad news of the recent passing of Councillor Hanif
Khan’s mother who died in the early hours of 12th February 2015. On behalf of the Council,
she extended the sympathies and condolences of all Members to him and his family at this
difficult time.
The Mayor then advised Members of the death of Miss Anne Naysmith, the well known
homeless ex-pianist who used to live in Chiswick and who was well known to the community
across the Borough. Regrettably, Miss Naysmith died in a vehicle accident on 11th February
2015, and was subsequently featured in a full page obituary in the Guardian newspaper. The
Mayor acknowledged that many Councillors of both parties had known her well and had
helped her over the many years she had lived in the Borough and would share a great
sadness at the news of her passing.
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The Mayor then reminded Members of the gala dinner taking place on Saturday 28th February
2015 as part of the celebrations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Borough.
She stated that the event was now completely booked and she expected it to be a wonderful
night. She looked forward to seeing many Members at the dinner and expressed the view that
it promised to be a night to reMember.
Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of the Council, announced that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of
London, had awarded the Council £18.5 million as part of his Housing Zone programme.
Hounslow was one of only a small number of London Boroughs to receive such funding and
the award recognised Hounslow’s forward looking approach to the creation of new affordable
and social housing for residents. He welcomed the funding which would be used effectively
both on time and on budget to provide new housing.
Councillor Richard Foote, Cabinet Member for Community Protection, congratulated the
Cranford and Heston Neighbourhood Police Teams as the winners of the Police
Commissioner’s Excellence in Total Policing Award. The officers in question had impressed
with their use of predictive crime mapping technology together with other technology which
targeted crime. He was pleased to be able to say that the Borough had some of the best
police officers in London working within its borders and as a result of close working by the
Council and local police, residents had seen a drop of 25% in burglaries in Hounslow in the
last year.
The Mayor then made an announcement about the Duke of Northumberland’s River which
flowed from the River Crane in Twickenham to the River Thames in Isleworth. She explained
that the Crane Valley Partnership, supported by the Friends of the River Crane and Hounslow
and Richmond Councils, was currently bidding for £175,000 of funding from the Greater
London Authority to turn this neglected stretch of waterway into a haven for wildlife, and a
place for people to enjoy. The proposed improvements included making the link more
accessible with better paths and signage – and the project aimed ultimately to create a new
ten kilometre circular riverside walk linking the Crane, Thames and Duke’s rivers. However,
this funding could only be secured if this project were to win in an online poll currently taking
place. Therefore, the Mayor asked all Members to consider voting for the project by 2nd
March 2015 and also to encourage others to do so too. She undertook to send the online link
to the voting page (www.london.gov.uk/biggreenpoll) to all Members to help them to do so.
The Mayor then concluded the announcements by explaining that the next meeting of the
Council, scheduled for 24th March 2015, would be the one closest to the actual fiftieth
anniversary of the creation of the Council itself on 1st April 1965. She had therefore agreed
that the meeting would commence at 8.00pm, so that there could be a small reception starting
at 7.00pm beforehand which would continue for one hour. At this reception, to which all
Members were invited, she would be unveiling a framed version of the Council’s establishing
charter from 1965.
3.
Minutes
The Mayor advised that Councillor Ed Mayne had asked that the following amendment be
made in relation to the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 27th January 2015:
That the sentence “However, he questioned why the flag of Northern Ireland had not been
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included when those for Wales, England and Scotland had been” be replaced by “However,
he noted the difficulties experienced in Northern Ireland relating to flag flying on Civic
Buildings including violent demonstrations, and expressed the need to get the policy right”.
Councillor Tony Louki advised that the first petition he had presented to the Mayor at the
meeting had been in relation to the Wyke Green Estate and not the White Garden Estate as
stated in the minutes and asked for this to be amended.
It was then
RESOLVED –
That the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on Tuesday 27th January 2015 be
confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair, subject to the amendments detailed
above.
TO NOTE: All
4.
Petitions
Members considered a report by the Head of Democratic Services.
The following petition was presented to the Mayor:
Councillor Katherine Dunne submitted a petition from residents in Isleworth and the
surrounding area in relation to the Red Lion Pub in Linkfield Road seeking to have it
classified as an asset of community value.
There were no further petitions presented to the Mayor.
The Mayor then invited Members to note the referrals of previously received petitions as
detailed in the report.
It was then
RESOLVED –
That the petitions that had been forwarded to other formal bodies of the Authority for
consideration be noted
ACTION BY: Head of Democratic Services
TO NOTE: All
5.
2015/16 Budget Report (CR140)
Preliminary Matters
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Members considered a report by Councillor Theo Dennison, Cabinet Member for Finance and
Citizen Engagement.
The Mayor first reminded Members that following guidance from the Department for
Communities and Local Government, the Council was required to hold recorded votes (a
named vote stating the way that each Member voted) on any decision relating to the budget
or Council tax. Therefore she clarified that all votes taken in relation to this item would be
recorded.
The Mayor then drew Members’ attention to the tabled paper which had been circulated to
all those present. She explained that on 5th February 2015, the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee had received presentations by the Cabinet setting out proposed savings for the
Council for 2015/16, which were now before Members in the agenda report. During the
meeting, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee had requested that Cabinet Members
provide responses to questions raised by Members of the Committee relating to two of the
items, namely:
RE – CSER1 – Reorganisation of Regulatory and Enforcement Services
RE – WIM – Development of WIM
The Mayor explained that the tabled paper set out those requested responses and she
asked all Members to note this and to bear them in mind when considering the budget report
on the agenda.
The Mayor then further explained that she was proposing also to follow the customary
process at the Council budget setting meetings of allowing each of the Party Leaders to
speak for more than the usual five minutes in their main speeches. The usual time permitted
for these two speeches was ten minutes each, and then only once during the meeting – with
any other interventions lasting no more than the usual five minutes, in accordance with the
Constitution. She asked Members therefore to agree to waive standing order 12.4 in the
Constitution to allow this. Members gave their consent to this proposal.
The Mayor then clarified that the tabled paper circulated to Members also contained a number
of proposed amendments from the Conservative Group on the Council. She therefore
explained that she proposed to consider this report in the following way:
The proposer and seconder of the original report to speak first.
She would then invite the Council to proceed to the proposed amendments and deal
with those one by one, voting on each.
The Council would then finally debate the substantive item after this, taking into
account any amendments that may have been made to it, and then vote on the final
recommendations.
There was general agreement to this proposal.
Report Introduction
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The Mayor therefore invited Councillor Theo Dennison, Cabinet Member for Finance and
Citizen Engagement, to introduce the original report. In proposing the recommendations in
the report, Councillor Dennison made the following comments:
He was proud that for the ninth year in succession, the Council was proposing to
freeze or reduce the Council Tax in the Borough; this was a fact that made the Council
almost unique.
The budget before Members allowed the Council to focus on its priorities such as
developing affordable housing, the provision of sufficient school places, the removal of
litter from the streets and the many other ambitions of the current Administration to
improve the lives of residents.
He thanked Mary Harpley, the Chief Executive, and senior officers of the Council in
helping to draft the proposals in accordance with the wishes of the Cabinet and he also
thanked Clive Palfreyman, Assistant Director of Strategic Finance, and his colleagues
in the Finance Department for their work in producing the report.
He acknowledged that the Conservative Group had provided four proposed
amendments to the budget report which were shortly to be debated, but he expressed
the view that they were unique in that they made no reference to the original report.
He also expressed concern that they seemed to be about increasing expenditure
without any suggestion on making alternative savings to pay for the proposals.
The commended the recommendations in the report to Members for approval.
Councillor Dennison then accepted an intervention from Councillor John Todd who clarified
that the proposals did make reference to the original report and illustrated this with reference
to page 51 of the report which related to looked after children, which was the same subject
matter as proposed in amendment two. Councillor Dennison observed that the word “budget”
was also shared between the original report and the proposed amendments but little else.
Councillor Steve Curran then seconded the report.
Councillor Amrit Mann requested clarification on a point of order. He observed that the
proposed amendments included no figures and as it was his view that in addition they did not
relate to the budget report, he considered them to be ultra vires and asked that they be not
considered. In response, Richard Gruet, Assistant Director of Corporate Governance,
clarified that the proposed amendments were not ultra vires and had been submitted correctly
under standing order 11(g) in the Constitution. As such, he advised that they should be
considered.
Proposed Amendment One
The Mayor then invited Councillor Adrian Lee to introduce the first proposed amendment,
which read as follows:
“This Council resolves:
a. That £1 million pounds be allocated to the refurbishment of Chiswick Library.
b. That £250,000 is allocated to the construction and maintenance of a new crucial
footbridge linking the Chiswick Business Park with Chiswick Park Underground
Station.”
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In introducing the proposed amendment, Councillor Lee made the following comments:
The proposed amendment before Members was sensible and related to two matters of
exceptional priority.
The first was the need to refurbish Chiswick Library which was the second most used
library in the Borough, and the only separate reference library in Hounslow.
It had excellent and devoted staff but the building itself was decrepit and deteriorating
into what could soon be a dangerous state.
The building was also not compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and so
there were parts of it which could not be used as they were not accessible.
He argued that by refurbishing the premises, the Council would be helping the local
community and also allowing the Library to rent out spaces which would help generate
revenue.
The need for quick action was illustrated by the fact that the Friends of Chiswick
Library Group had recently reformed due to concerns over the maintenance of the
building and the fear that it could decline further to the point that it would be closed.
The second matter in the proposed amendment was the creation of a footbridge linking
the Chiswick Business Park and Chiswick Park Underground Station to help alleviate
the pressure at Gunnersbury Station which was effectively the only station that
serviced the business park but which was not capable of doing so without problems.
The proposed footbridge would help make the business park more commercially viable
which in turn would benefit the Borough.
He explained that £1 million was needed to create the footbridge and that £600000
would be provided by section 106 monies (money provided by developers in relation to
planning under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) so only a
small contribution from the Council would be required.
He clarified that the footbridge was a crucial addition to local infrastructure and would
help bring money into the Borough and so it was appropriate that the Council should
be a partner.
Councillor John Todd then seconded the proposed amendment.
The Mayor then asked Councillor Dennison if he was prepared to accept the proposed
amendment. Councillor Dennison advised that he was not, and so the Mayor then invited
Members to debate the proposal and the following comments were made:
Councillor Ruth Cadbury considered that the purpose of the Council meeting was to
debate and agree the Council’s budget for 2015/16 and as such the two proposals in
the amendment would have been better considered elsewhere. She also observed
that they did not need Council money. She asked Councillor Lee why he had not
arranged for the refurbishment of the Chiswick Library when he had been Cabinet
Member with responsibility for Leisure between 2006 and 2009. She would like to
have seen £1 million provided for the addition of a lift at Brentford Library but as the
Council was dealing with taxpayers’ money, such expenditures could not easily be
made. She believed that there were other possible financial solutions available in
relation to any refurbishment of Chiswick Library. She also commented that, whilst not
a Member of the Gunnersbury Station Working Party, she had read a minute which
stated that section 106 money had been provided that would cover the entire cost of
the new footbridge to Chiswick Park Station, and furthermore approval for its longer
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term maintenance had also been agreed so the whole project could proceed without
public money being provided.
Councillor Gerald McGregor stated that Councillors using Chiswick Library for
surgeries were placed in an upstairs room but many residents were unable to access
it, and so he had often had to meet with constituents in the open library area which was
not a satisfactory solution given the personal nature of the conversations. The
Conservative-Independent Administration of 2006-2010 had investigated a solution for
the refurbishment by utilising property assets to fund improvements to the library and
area but the financial crash of 2007-2009 had meant that this could not proceed. The
need for the building to become DDA compliant was both outstanding and urgent. On
the matter of the footbridge, he clarified that section 106 money became taxpayer’s
money once it had been signed off as such. He expressed concerns about the
maintenance of the proposed footbridge and supported the amendment as he
considered that helping the business park thrive would help the Council increase its
income from business rates. He concluded by stating that the proposed amendment
was thoughtful and was an attempt to improve the budget. He added that in his view
the proposals on fees and charges in the original report would prove to be its “Achilles
Heel”
Councillor Colin Ellar observed that the Council had attempted to improve the Chiswick
Library and to make it DDA compliant during the 2002-2006 Labour Administration but
the proposed solutions had been rejected by local residents. It had been an honest
attempt to solve the problem but as it had not been popular it had not proceeded. He
considered it to be a fine building and accepted that it needed a solution but observed
that neither a Labour nor a Conservative-Independent Administration had been able to
find one. On the matter of the footbridge, he noted that there was a lift in operation at
the back of the business park which allowed access to Chiswick Park Underground
Station by road. However, he agreed that a footbridge would be useful but questioned
why Council money should be used to secure it, when funding had already been
provided. He also questioned why the proposed amendment had only now been
submitted as the business park had been in operation for many years.
Councillor John Todd recalled the Labour proposals for Chiswick Library which
comprised placing the library service into the local business zone and the building itself
being taken over by a company. This had received no support from local residents.
He then stated that he had spoken to the Head of Traffic who had advised that no
agreement to provide maintenance for the new footbridge had been signed and that
the bridge would cost £3.5 million overall which was the section 106 obligation.
However, the Council should support the bridge by making a contribution of £250000
which was comparatively small.
Councillor Ruth Cadbury requested the opportunity to make a point of information in
accordance with the Constitution and clarified that the maintenance agreement was about to
be signed following the intervention of the Leaders of both Hounslow and Ealing.
Councillor Todd then continued and observed that over £600000 of section 106 money
had been available for the refurbishment of Chiswick Library but it has been taken by
the Labour Administration of 2010-2014 to spend on Gunnersbury Library instead. He
concluded by noting that Councillor Cadbury was supporting a bid for £1.9million for a
marina scheme in Brentford whilst the Hounslow Corporate Resources Centre lay
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largely empty; the matter was one of fair distribution of money for improvements
around all of the Borough.
Councillor Amrit Mann advised that he would not be supporting the proposed
amendment. He commented that the Council was legally obliged to agree a balanced
budget but he noticed that the Conservative amendments merely added areas of
additional expenditure without making suggestions on what should be removed from
the budget to pay for them. He had never seen this before and he considered that it
trivialised the work of the officers who had put together the main budget report. He,
like many Councillors, would like to see more money spent on libraries, Heston library
in particular in his case, but this was not currently possible. He had respect for former
Councillor Barbara Reid who had submitted small but detailed budget proposals in the
past, but he was surprised that this was not the case here: no figures to balance the
budget if the proposals were to be accepted had been provided and he expressed
surprise that Councillor McGregor would have allowed this.
Councillor Mann accepted an intervention from Councillor McGregor who objected to any
suggestion that the Conservatives were disparaging or trivialising the work of the Finance
Team of the Council. He stated that the Conservative Group had looked at the proposed
budget with care before submitting its proposed amendment and had worked with officers in
drawing them up. They related to matters of great concern to residents and so it was right
they should be considered by Members.
Councillor Mann then continued and reminded Members that they were there to
discuss and agree a balanced budget but as the proposed amendments did not explain
how they would ensure the budget was balanced, he would not be supporting them.
Councillor Sachin Gupta considered that the proposed amendment would upset former
Councillor Liz Mammatt as it did not mention spending money on the Bedfont Library,
which was a venue close to her heart. He then stated that in his opinion the Chiswick
Library must be DDA compliant or it would have had to close. He stated that it had a
platform lift for use by the public which he saw on a recent visit and this was featured
on the library’s website. He then observed that Councillor Lee had said at a previous
meeting of the Council that he doubted the financial viability of the proposed Hounslow
Town Centre redevelopment which he considered to be at odds with his support for the
footbridge and the idea that Chiswick Library might create revenue by hiring out rooms.
He also criticised Councillor McGregor for stating that moneys should be distributed
across the Borough when the proposed amendment showed that the Conservative
Group only cared about Chiswick.
Councillor Tony Louki stated that all Members recalled how the ConservativeIndependent Administration had wasted money on using KPMG as external
consultants. However, he suggested only a few Members would recall that London
Regional Transport (the forerunner to Transport for London) had sold the Chiswick bus
works which had since become the Gunnersbury Business Park. However, he did not
consider the walk from the park to either South Action Railway Station or Chiswick
Park Underground Station to be very long. He suggested that the Conservative Group
ask Boris Johnson, as Mayor of London, to provide the additional funding they wanted
for the footbridge. He was unimpressed that the Conservative Party which styled itself
the party of law and order was seeking to make amendments to a budget which
stopped it being balanced which was a legal requirement. As such, he would not be
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supporting the proposal. He chastised the Conservative Group for bringing proposals
to the budget setting meeting of the Council without having previously raised them at
area forums or other more appropriate bodies and meetings. He concluded by
observing regretfully that there was nobody in the public gallery which contrasted
sharply with the past when many attended the discussion on the budget; this showed
public disengagement with politics.
There being no more comments, the Mayor invited Councillor Dennison to sum up the debate
on the first proposed amendment. In so doing, he made the following comments:
He considered the amendment uncosted.
He noted Councillor Lee’s proposal for making money from Chiswick Library
He considered that providing money to the footbridge might breach state aid laws.
He agreed that there was nothing in the capital budget in relation to refurbishment of
the Chiswick Library but on the other hand he had never been approached to include it.
The Capital Budget plans inherited by the 2010-2014 Labour Administration from the
Conservative-Independent Administration beforehand had not contained any provision
for the refurbishment of the Chiswick Library.
He therefore did not support the amendment.
The Mayor then put the proposed amendment to the vote and it was
RESOLVED –
That the proposed amendment not be approved.
Members voted in the following way:
Members in support of the proposed amendment:
Councillors Peter Carey, Samantha Davies, Sam Hearn, Adrian Lee, Paul Lynch, Gerald
McGregor, Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds, Peter Thompson and John Todd.
Members against the proposed amendment:
Councillors Keith Anderson, Candice Atterton, Harleen Atwal Hear, Lily Bath, Raj Bath,
Manjit Buttar, Ruth Cadbury, Samia Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins, Steve Curran,
Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard Foote, Linda Green, Pritam Grewal,
Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Tina Howe, David Hughes, Elizabeth
Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal, Tony Louki, Mukesh Malhotra, Khulique Malik, Nisar
Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed Mayne, Shaida Mehrban, Hina Mir, Alan Mitchell, Shantanu Rajawat,
Daanish Saeed, Sue Sampson, Sohan Sangha, Myra Savin, Jagdish Sharma, Corinna Smart,
Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
Proposed Amendment Two
The Mayor then invited Councillor Peter Thompson to introduce the second proposed
amendment, which read as follows:
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a. That Lampton 360 Ltd and its subsidiaries are wound up forthwith.
b. That £200,000 be reserved for loans to Hounslow based SME’s in consultation with
the Hounslow Chamber of Commerce.
c. That Children’s Services be instructed to initiate the procurement of a Social
Impact Bond to aid intervention and prevention and reduce the number of children
in care and /or requiring fostering by delivery of improved services and support,
delivery of better social outcomes, unlock better services for our residents and
reduce the significant cost of this service. “
In introducing the item, Councillor Thompson made the following comments:
The role of any opposition group on a Council was a thankless task but it was still
important to try to influence decisions and the proposed amendments being considered
were an attempt to do so.
He noted that any opposition would be criticised by the majority group for its proposals;
his Administration had done it to the then Labour Opposition and the last Labour
Administration had in turn criticised any budget proposals by the Conservatives.
He supported both innovation in the Council and traded services but he was of the
view that Lampton 360, the Council’s trading company, had done very little whilst
costing the Council money to operate.
The company had so far failed to make any profit at all and as such, he considered that
the company should be wound up as an experiment which had tried but failed.
The proposed amendment also sought to use some of the New Homes Bonus
awarded by the Government to the Council to create a fund to assist small and
medium sized enterprises (SMEs) following consultation with the Hounslow Chamber
of Commerce. An example of how this worked in practice was in Croydon where it had
been successful and helped protect 300 local jobs.
He acknowledged that similar schemes had been tried in Hounslow before but these
had foundered due to poor advertising.
The Chamber of Commerce had given its support and was keen to be involved.
The amendment also sought the creation of a social impact bond to aid intervention
and prevention where necessary and so reduce the number of children in care whilst
reducing the cost of the service and delivering better social outcomes for vulnerable
people.
Councillor John Todd then seconded the proposed amendment.
Councillor Ruth Cadbury considered it ironic that the proposed amendment both
discouraged entrepreneurial activity by seeking the closure of Lampton 360 whilst
encouraging it with the prosed SME fund. She suggested that this showed
inconsistency. In her view, Lampton 360 was trading well and should be given time to
develop in the ways envisaged when it was originally created. She did not object to the
SME fund but considered it an old fashioned and costly idea, using taxpayers money in
an outdated and unproven way. She also recalled that the last Conservative-
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Independent Administration had reduced the size of the Council’s Economic
Development Team to two staff. However, she observed that there were some closed
source funding opportunities for SMEs and so she did not see a need for the Council to
support them. In relation to Social Impact Bonds, she advised that she was a trustee
of a Board that had invested in them. It was hoped they would produce savings but the
process required a radical change of service affecting vulnerable people and so it was
highly inappropriate to bring the idea to a budget setting meeting when it ought to have
been considered in detail by other Council bodies beforehand. She reminded Members
that it was important to look at service changes for looked after children and other
vulnerable groups not based on financial savings but on what was best for each
individual.
Councillor Colin Ellar observed that Lampton 360 had only existed for one year. He
also commented that many other Boroughs had set up similar companies and which
were proving successful and he expected Hounslow’s also to be so over time. He
understood the logic of the Government changing the law to allow such organisations
to exist in order to help generate money to offset reductions in funding. On the matter
of SME loans, he noted that organisations such as Greater Enterprise London existed
to provide this very service so the function already existed in London. He noted that
when the Council did once loan money to a company, in this case Brentford Football
Club, the Conservative Group had criticised it which was inconsistent, given their
proposed amendment. He concluded by stating that the loan to the Football Club had
been paid back in full and with interest.
Councillor Ed Mayne suggested that the call to close down Lampton 360 showed that
the Conservative Group had no faith in Local Government or the Council to run a
profitable business, yet Sheffield City Council operated Sheffield Airport with great
success. He considered that the Conservatives preached localism but practiced
centralisation. He noted that the best way to help SMEs would be to reduce business
rates but the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government had not done so, whereas a
new Labour Government would. He then addressed the proposal on the social impact
bond and questioned if the Conservative Party as a whole had considered the adverse
social impact on the introduction of the Bedroom Tax; 57% of people in Council
housing now went without personal items in order to pay additional rent in order to stay
in their homes. The Government had presided over a tax cut for millionaires but a tax
increase for the poor whilst introducing free schools in areas where there was neither
need nor demand, damaging the National Health Service and making damaging cuts to
the public sector in general. He would therefore not be supporting the proposed
amendment.
Councillor Todd advised that Lampton 360 had started in 2012 with the stated intention
of selling surplus flowers and similar low level items. It had not yet made a profit and
the Council was holding back £0.5 million in reserves to allow the company to continue
to trade whilst it was insolvent. Councillors Ellar and Sharma had both been directors
of the company which generated no profit. He also noted the comment in the Cabinet
agenda for the meeting on 13th October 2014 that stated that the Conference Centre
was not considered economically viable. In relation to the SME fund, he observed that
a valuable initiative had been created in the past but had failed due as nobody had
heard about it. He was interested to hear that Councillor Cadbury was a trustee of an
organisation that had invested in a social impact bond yet did not have confidence that
it would be effective. He concluded by stating that others had seen the benefits.
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Councillor Lily Bath considered the proposed amendment to be silly; social impact
bonds were a new idea and therefore untested. Nor yet was any good practice in this
area identified. Conversely, they had been tried in PeterBorough but had not
succeeded. Children’s Services was a complex area and unnecessary risks should be
avoided. It was wrong to experiment with the lives of young people. The proposed
amendment did not clarify what precisely was to be procured with the bond. The
Council already had a robust prevention strategy to help avoid children going into care,
and it would be sensible to develop this further rather than try risky new ideas.
Councillor Gerald McGregor admired Councillor Mayne’s way with words but noted that
none of his comments were relevant to the debate. It was easy to attack the
Government but it was overseeing a recovery from a serious financial crisis. He also
noted that Councillor Mayne’s support for localism rang hollow as he had deliberately
avoided the local approach to considering a parking scheme in Chiswick by
circumventing the area forum and instead approving a single Member decision to
implement it. He asked why Councillor Cadbury was against providing costs through a
social impact bond to Children’s Services. He also observed that he had analysed the
original budget report and located a number of large errors and strategic failures within
it.
Councillor Ruth Cadbury requested the opportunity to make a point of clarification: She
stated that Councillor McGregor had implied that she had opposed to the specific proposal to
use social impact bonds when in fact she had objected to it being submitted as a budget
proposal as the budget setting meeting was not the place to discuss it. Councillor McGregor
argued that Councillor Cadbury was attempting to stifle debate by limiting what could be
discussed at meetings. In his view, it was perfectly appropriate to bring the proposed
amendments to the Council Budget Meeting.
Councillor Amrit Mann congratulated Councillor Thompson on introducing an
innovative way of addressing the budget by way of proposing amendments that did not
relate to the budget at all. The proposal to close down Lampton 360 flew in the face of
traditional Conservative support for business. It was well known that most companies
took a long time to make a profit.
Councillor Mann accepted an intervention from Councillor Robert Oulds who noted that the
proposal to develop the Lampton Park Confence Centre had been made in 2006 by the then
Labour Administration at a cost of £2 million supplied by the Council and £2 million from
section 106 money. He asked how many years would it take for the Conference Centre to
pay that money back. Councillor Mann responded by noting that it cost less than what the
2006-2010 Conservative-Independent Administration had spent on KPMG as an external
consultant.
Councillor Mann accepted a second intervention from Councillor Robert Oulds who said that
so far the Council had saved £207 million on an ongoing basis as a result of 2006-2010
Administrations’ Performance Improvement Plan, which when compared to how much the
Labour Administrations since 2010 had spent on consultants and agency staff, showed that
the Labour Group could not match the Conservatives for financial prudence.
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Councillor Mann then continued and asked why the Conservatives were unhappy with
Lampton 360. As a company, it did not have to be tied to the building. The Conference
Centre was seen as a community facility but was “mothballed” by the incoming
Administraton in 2006 which in turn cost money as it sustained water damage due to
lack of use, whereas it was now making money. He had faith that the company would
make substantial sums when it was more developed.
on the second proposed amendment. In so doing, he made the following comments:
He clarified that the Labour Group was dissatisfied with the use of KPMG in 2007 as
they had been brought in not to provide specialist knowledge or help but to identify
ways to save money; it could not be compared with use of interns or agency staff. He
reminded Members that 60% of social workers were agency staff.
He noted that the Conservatives’ claim that they were prudent had not helped them
find a way of funding the refurbishment of Chiswick Library.
On the matter of social impact bonds, he agreed that they could work but that the
benefits came from partnership with outside organisations or raising money to pay for
the service: in his view it was not prudent to borrow money to pay for things. He
considered it shameful to try to privatise such services.
He therefore did not support the amendment.
RESOLVED –
Councillors Peter Carey, Samantha Davies, Sam Hearn, Adrian Lee, Paul Lynch, Gerald
McGregor, Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds, Peter Thompson and John Todd.
Manjit Buttar, Ruth Cadbury, Samia Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins, Steve Curran,
Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard Foote, Linda Green, Pritam Grewal,
Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Tina Howe, David Hughes, Elizabeth
Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal, Tony Louki, Mukesh Malhotra, Khulique Malik, Nisar
Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed Mayne, Shaida Mehrban, Hina Mir, Alan Mitchell, Shantanu Rajawat,
Daanish Saeed, Sue Sampson, Sohan Sangha, Myra Savin, Jagdish Sharma, Corinna Smart,
Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
Proposed Amendment Three
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The Mayor then invited Councillor John Todd to introduce the third proposed amendment,
which read as follows:
a. to initiate the purchase of social housing properties without delay.
b. to eliminate the excessive number of void London Borough of Hounslow properties
and related 50% premium payment by the Council of Council Tax
c. to increase the number of empty house brought back into use.”
In introducing the item, Councillor Todd made the following comments:
He had recently read the Cabinet report on the Housing Revenue Account thirty year
plan and had found it inaccurate.
The report had also stated that Hounslow Housing was not fit for purpose.
Finance Officers had helped him identify a great deal of money across the Council that
was left unused and dormant including £128 million of right-to-buy receipts.
In addition, £6.6 million of money provided by developers in excess of what they had
provided on site was also being held unused.
He also stated that £2.7 million of section 106 money had not been spent.
The Council wanted to build affordable housing but lacked credibility with residents.
The Council owned 519 empty homes in the Borough which deprived the Council of an
estimated £300000 in rental income.
In addition, the Council was now paying £30 000 per year for a number of properties
which had been empty for more than two years.
The turnaround time for voids (empty properties) being used to house people ranged
from three weeks to 741 weeks.
This was unacceptable, particularly given the Council was dedicated to building new
social housing and 3000 were already on the waiting list.
He argued that Hounslow Housing should spend the monies not being used to help
people live in decent affordable housing.
Councillor Peter Thompson then seconded the proposed amendment and in doing so, he
made the following comments:
He considered that there was a problem with definitions in the case of affordable
housing, which was identified as being housing available at 80% of the normal market
value – which in London was usually so high that property that fell into this definition
was still out of the reach of most people.
He recently attended a meeting of the West Gunnersbury Residents Association and
the biggest complaint he heard was about the lack of affordable housing in the
Chiswick and Brentford areas.
Residents had asked him to draw Members’ attention to their concerns on this issue.
Councillor Steve Curran considered the comments he had just heard as
“sanctimonious claptrap” and criticised the Conservatives for the actions of the
Government in introducing the bedroom tax which had driven poor people out of
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central London and placed increased pressure on outer London Boroughs. He likened
this to “ethnic cleansing”. He also considered that the Conservative Group itself had
done nothing to improve Council housing during the 2006-2010 Administration as it
had handed over the Housing Portfolio in its entirety to the Independent Community
Group. He had significant concerns about purchasing back social housing as this was
likely to result in the Council being out of pocket as new Council residents exercised
their right-to-buy again and the Council losing the housing stock for a second time. He
considered that the Conservative Party was living up to its reputation as being the
“nasty party” and he refused to accept lectures on social housing from them.
Councillor Curran then accepted an intervention from Councillor Sam Hearn, who asked him if
he would continue in way that was less excitable and abusive. Councillor Curran disagreed
that he was being insulting.
Councillor Curran then continued by explaining that the Council was on target for
building new affordable homes and Council houses. It had also set a target for bringing
empty houses back into use and he was confident that the Council would meet it. He
noted that Chiswick residents and Councillors had become upset at the Council’s
support for the Brentford Football Club Redevelopment plans whereas both Boris
Johnson, the Mayor of London, and Eric Pickles MP, the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, had considered it to be a good community
benefit. The Mayor had also recognised the Council’s flexible approach to building
more houses and had given money in support of it. He concluded by expressing his
view that it was better to build new housing with the Council’s money that spend it on
external consultants like KPMG.
At this stage, the Mayor asked Members across the Council Chamber briefly to gather their
thoughts and to calm down in order to allow debate to continue.
Councillor Paul Lynch stated that he approved of consensus and remained personally
interested in social housing despite smarting from the coruscating attack by Councillor
Curran. He noted too that recently a young Labour Councillor had called for more
social housing to be made available in Chiswick and he therefore suggested that
Council housing be created in Lorraine Road in his ward. Residents there supported
the idea of flats in the road being used for this purpose and for Council tenants to be
housed there; they opposed the properties and land being sold off to developers. He
therefore asked Lorraine Road to be included as part of the report on page 62 which
related to new build expenditure. It would help the Council meet its targets, would
please residents and would help turn old flats into houses. He thought that this
contrasted with the development of Lionel Road where 910 dwellings were to be
created, none of them affordable. He could understand why young Labour Councillors
were seeking to build additional Council housing elsewhere, as the plans for Lionel
Road/Brentford Football Club had put the Council behind target. He considered that
the Lionel Road redevelopment would have cost the Council a fortune in terms of what
it gave away when supporting it – possibly tens of millions of pounds. He suggested
that every time the Labour Group decided to mention the use of KPMG as an example
of wasted money, it would only be fair for the Conservative Group to respond by
referencing the Lionel Road redevelopment in a similar vein.
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Councillor Lynch then accepted an intervention from Councillor Sachin Gupta who asked
what the pressure on the Conservative-Independent Administration of 2006-2010 to save
money had been as he considered that its cuts had been undertaken for no reason. In
response, Councillor Lynch said that the savings were introduced to make the Council more
cost effective.
Councillor Colin Ellar recalled that the Council once owned more than 25000 Council
houses but this number had been reduced by Government policy to about 14000; the
Council had been forced to sell its Council houses to residents at a discount and had
not been permitted to use the receipts to build more Council housing. He welcomed the
change in the law that meant that Councils could once again build Council housing.
Hounslow had built over 2500 new such houses between 2010-2014 and was on
course to build 3000 more in the current Council term. The Council wanted to people to
be able to afford to live in a house without housing benefit. He criticised what he
considered to be the stupidity of Government policy on housing since the 1980s. He
noted too that the issue of the time it took to get voids back into use had been
discussed by the Council over twenty years: the problem was not lethargy, it was
difficulty.
Councillor Gerald McGregor commented that he looked forward to Council houses in
Chiswick but reminded the Council that without Chiswick, the Council would see a
substantial drop in its Council Tax returns. He also criticised the use of inflammatory
language during debates and considered that the only real affect it had was to make
the user feel good about themselves whilst diminishing their standing with others. He
then commented on the recent Cabinet Report on the Housing Revenue Account and
observed that the Council had identified that it owned Council housing in Dukes
Avenue off Chiswick High Street: each of the properties in question had a value of
£3.5million each and the Council was in effect subsidising people to live in them. He
noted too that the Labour Administration was keen to criticise Government housing
policies in relation to right-to-buy whilst planning to sell off the Dukes Avenue
properties themselves. He then reminded Members that from 1952 when the national
programme of building Council housing had begun, most properties had been built
using Government money distributed by a Public Loans Board. Councils themselves
had not paid for the construction and so it was fair that when Council houses were
sold, it was the Government that received the receipts.
Councillor McGregor then accepted an intervention from Councillor Tony Louki, who
considered that the right-to-buy policy had not worked; twenty years ago residents had
complained that the Council was too slow in selling them the Council house in which they
lived but then the resident, or their beneficiaries, often sold on the property and made a large
profit. In addition, the Conservative Administrations in both the London Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea had sold off
Council street based properties for large profits. Therefore the Conservative Group had no
right to ask for more affordable housing. In response, Councillor McGregor observed that
between 1952 and 1963 172 000 Council houses had been built – and so it was a
Conservative Government that had solved the social housing problem. The Labour
Administration’s plan as discussed at the recent Cabinet meeting was based on asset
management rather than social need and, as part of that, Council houses were to be sold off.
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Councillor David Hughes expressed support for the views of Councillor Louki. The
Conservatives had failed to see the unwelcome consequences of the right-to-buy
scheme which were now facing local authorities across London and elsewhere.
Housing was a serious problem and he was certain that all Councillors would be aware
of it from their surgeries. The Council was to be applauded for planning to build 3000
new Council houses but this would still not be enough to meet the demand. He
considered that Conservative concerns on the matter were little more than “crocodile
tears”. He did not believe that the Conservatives cared about social housing, and their
actions in the past were the proof of this. Even Government money given as housing
benefit really only went to benefit private landlords. A recent report by the GMB Union
had identified that most former Council housing was now owned by companies in the
City of London and not by private individuals.
Councillor Samantha Davies noted that it was easy to criticise and hard to be
constructive. Similarly it was easy to brand Conservatives as being from the “nasty
party” but the Labour Group had done a deal with Brentford Football Club that was not
for the good of residents and abandoned any pretence at providing affordable housing.
She then defended the right-to-buy policy and explained that it gave many people their
only chance of becoming house owners. Social housing could help people onto the
property ladder rather than just renting and this was a good thing. However, there were
still housing problems in London and right-to-buy was a historic policy, which meant
that new ones were needed such as rent-to-buy. However, she considered that the
Labour Party would not support such an idea.
Councillor Elizabeth Hughes asked how many Members of the Conservative Group
had ever been Council residents. She clarified that she had - and had been grateful to
live in a decent house. She considered the comments from Conservative Members to
be amazing and was appalled that a Conservative Think Tank had concluded that it
would be a good thing for housing associations to have to sell off their properties to
residents. She was irritated that many former Council houses were being sold on for
enormous profits particularly when the original purchaser died. There had once been
great social housing estates in the Borough but these had all gone; instead people
could pay up to £1400 per week in rent to live in property that was once Council
owned. However, she accepted that it was essential to manage what assets the
Council maintained to make them do well, so asset management was an essential
party of the Authority’s business. She considered that Council tenants should have as
much right to live in a nice area as anyone else, and it was healthy for all parts of the
Borough to have a mix of housing. However, she strongly objected to landlords
“cramming” residents into properties; she had seen houses split up and knew of
examples of four families living I what had once been a four bedroom house. She
asked who was making money out of this and observed that the Duke of Westminster
owned properties in Hounslow. She regretted how few people who bought Council
houses in the Borough still lived in them. She regretted even more how much Council
housing stock had been lost in this way. She concluded by advising the Conservatives
not to lecture Members on social housing.
Councillor Katherine Dunne echoed the sentiments of many Labour Members in not
being willing to be listen to Conservative Members on the issue of social housing.
Over 10000 properties had been lost under the right-to-buy policy; with the loss of
property came the loss of rent. The Council was however trying to resolve the
resulting problems by having built over 2500 new Council properties in the last four
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years, with 3000 more planned for the current Council term. It was also her view that
Council properties should be located all over the Borough and she stood by her
comments on this which she had made at the Planning Committee and which had
been quoted during the debate so far. The Labour Party was committed to providing
social housing and so she did not see why the proposed amendment was needed as
the Council was already doing this. She commented positively on Councillor Elizabeth
Hughes sharing her views on living in Council housing. In turn, she noted that she
(Councillor Dunne) was a young person but ineligible for social housing yet unable to
afford to buy a house. As such, she was forced to live in rented accommodation. It
was clear to all that there was a housing problem in London which needed to be
addressed with a range of options.
on the third proposed amendment but he declined to do so, stating that no more needed to be
said.
RESOLVED –
Councillors Peter Carey, Samantha Davies, Sam Hearn, Paul Lynch, Gerald McGregor,
Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds, Peter Thompson and John Todd.
Manjit Buttar, Ruth Cadbury, John Chatt, Samia Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins,
Steve Curran, Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard Foote, Linda Green,
Pritam Grewal, Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Tina Howe, David
Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal, Tony Louki, Mukesh Malhotra,
Khulique Malik, Nisar Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed Mayne, Shaida Mehrban, Hina Mir, Alan Mitchell,
Shantanu Rajawat, Daanish Saeed, Sue Sampson, Sohan Sangha, Myra Savin, Jagdish
Sharma, Corinna Smart, Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
Proposed Amendment Four
Councillor John Todd advised that proposed amendment four had been withdrawn.
Substantive Item
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The Mayor clarified that the debate would now move onto the recommendations in the original
report which were unamended. As these recommendations had already been proposed and
seconded, she invited Members to debate the proposals and the following comments were
made:
Councillor Peter Thompson stated that the Conservative Group was pleased to see the
proposed continuation of the freeze in Council Tax which for most people was still the
second largest bill they had to pay. He thought it fair to note that this freeze was
supported by the Government’s Council Tax Freeze Grant, a fact detailed in the report
itself but not highlighted. He stated too that the last Labour Government had not
provided any similar kind of support to Councils. However, it was not his intention to
dwell on the past but to look at the recommendations and to the future; all major
political parties saw the need to make efficiencies and both the Labour and the
Conservative Party were committed to continuing to make cuts in public expenditure
after the forthcoming general election in May. The Conservative Group had studied the
budget report in the agenda and would be happy to support most of it. However, it did
have some concerns and reservations particularly in relation to the proposal to make
Council staff pay for using the Civic Centre car park, reductions to the number of times
grass cutting would take place in streets, the proposal to introduce the dimming of
street lights at certain times, reducing the number of recycling sites, the rolling out of
the wheelie bin programme across the Borough, significant reductions in funding to
social community enterprise organisations by a quarter, increasing in charges in the
music service, increasing the charge for using swimming pools and leisure centres,
increasing parking costs and increasing the costs of the tidy town waste removal
service. These proposals would offset the Council Tax freeze. By contrast, the 20062010 Administration had not just frozen the Council Tax, it had reorganised the Council
to produce year on year savings which in turn had helped save the Leisure Services
Department from going bankrupt when the Council’s external provider, CIP, had failed.
The Council utilised its money effectively to ensure services continued, which
otherwise might not have happened. It also spent money across the Borough and had
prioritised investment in other libraries over Chiswick as their need at the time was
greater. He confirmed that the Conservative Group would be willing to vote in favour of
all the recommendations in the report except (vi) and (ix). He agreed with Councillor
Dennison that putting together a balanced budget was a difficult task and
acknowledged that it was harder for the current Administration than it had been in the
past due to the ongoing economic situation; he too praised the work of officers who
helped develop and draft proposals for inclusion, many of which never made it into the
final budget proposals. However, he also expressed the view that it appeared that the
Labour Group was running out of ideas and he foresaw that compiling a budget would
be increasingly difficult next year and thereafter. However, for the good of all Borough
residents, he wished the Labour Group success in doing so.
At this point, Councillor Keith Anderson observed that the two and a half hour limit for the
duration of the meeting was nearing and proposed that, in accordance with the Constitution,
the relevant standing order be waived to allow the meeting to continue to permit the
consideration on the budget and the remaining items on the agenda. The proposal was
seconded by Councillor Melvin Collins.
The Mayor therefore put the proposal to Members and it was unanimously
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RESOLVED –
That standing orders be waived to allow consideration and agreement of the budget and to
determine the remaining items on the agenda.
Councillor Ed Mayne welcomed the comments of Councillor Thompson as he
expressed the view that the Labour Group believed in proper debate. Similarly, he
also intended to look to the future but would commence by recalling the past: the 20062010 Administration oversaw a reduction in spending and he understood why the
Conservative Group was proud of that. However, the Labour Group was concerned at
the use of the voluntary redundancy programme that accompanied the savings which
in effect resulted in people being paid to find new jobs. It also meant that a great deal
of institutional knowledge and memory had left the building. There were also some
increases in fees and charges across the Borough and he quoted the example of the
cost of hiring the Isleworth Hall which had gone up at that time. He also noted that in
2010, the incoming Labour Administration had been unable to find any evidence by the
outgoing Administration of planning for the next financial year. He recalled the
Conservative Group criticising the Labour Opposition for not submitting alternative
budgets during its time in opposition and since the situations had reversed since 2010,
criticising the proposed budget reports. However, he believed that if the Conservatives
had still been in office, they were likely to have been proposing very similar things to
that which could be found in the report before Members.
Councillor Gerald McGregor then requested a point of clarification in accordance with the
Constitution: Upon taking office in 2006, the Conservatives had found that there were many
posts on the Council’s establishment of staff which were unfilled and had been vacant for
many years. It also found the organisation divided into 13 silo-like departments. It had
therefore stripped out the vacant posts and took control of expenditure. The voluntary
redundancy scheme that had been introduced had been a good one for both staff and the
Council, and allowed many people to move from employment into caring roles and further
education. The costs of the scheme had been borne from savings rather than tax increases.
Councillor Mayne continued by advising that in his view, under a voluntary redundancy
scheme, the wrong people often left the organisation and asked if he (Councillor
McGregor) was proud of overseeing a loss of institutional knowledge and memory.
Councillor Mayne then accepted an intervention from Councillor McGregor who disagreed
that the Council had lost “the wrong kind of people” and not all applicants to the scheme had
been permitted to leave. It had been carefully managed and a lot of people were retained who
were deemed to be essential to the organisation at the time. The Council had also hoped to
restructure the pay and grade system better to reflect the responsibilities of staff. Councillor
Mayne did not agree with his analysis.
Councillor Mayne recalled that Councillor Dennison in 2010 had said that the Labour
Group would be happy to work with the Conservatives if the latter came up with
genuine and constructive proposals. However, the comments from the Conservative
Group so far had not been of this nature; there had been no mechanism proposed in
the third amendment to allow the purchase of social housing. He then added that the
Government had not been able to pay off the national deficit over the life of the current
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Parliament and so concluded by expressing the view that the Conservatives had little
of value to add to the debate.
Councillor Steve Curran then made the following statement as part of the debate:
“We need to put this budget report in context; in 2010 we received the most savage
financial cuts ever imposed on local authorities by the Tory led coalition Government
with a cut of 60 million pounds. I would like to thank the previous administration for
setting a prudent budget that met the aspiration of our residents and the need to
reduce costs without harming the most vulnerable residents and communities in
Hounslow. Particular thanks should go to the former Leader Jagdish Sharma, Deputy
Leaders Ruth Cadbury and Colin Ellar in delivering this. This report starts that process
again and we should also remember that, unlike the previous Tory coalition in this
Council in 2006-2010, not only did we freeze the Council tax but cut it twice, we kept
our promise to the residents of Hounslow that is why we were re-elected so
convincingly.
Other examples why we can be trusted with the budget: We have delivered radical
change in the restructuring of the Council whilst maintaining essential services to our
most needy residents. We have taken on the work of public health and are working
with our colleagues in the NHS to meet the new challenges. It is the Government’s top
down restructuring of the NHS which has caused the massive increase in Accident and
Emergency waiting times and the length of time you have to wait to see your GP and
let’s not forget this was not in their party manifesto; the NHS clearly is not safe in their
hands. At a stroke they cut the budget for improving our schools to the detriment of
our students, we have without question some of the best state schools in the country
with fantastic results and we have provided every child with the school place they
needed in the face of unprecedented demand.
At the gypsy and traveller site, Hartlands, we have started an ambitious refurbishment
programme and have secured funding from the Greater London Assembly of £1.42
million. Another example demonstrating that we have a reputation for delivery and
financial management.
We have received since 2012 to date £20 million in new homes bonus, again another
example of our sound financial management and as I have already mentioned we
received £18.5 million from the Mayor’s housing zone fund which again demonstrates
a confidence in us which is recognised by the Mayor’s office and central government,
on top of this there are other examples of this Council leading the way. Our planning
team is one of the top in country with Marilyn Smith, the Council’s Development
Control Support Manager, being invited to Number 10 Downing Street to show them
how it is done and our Rogue Landlords team being awarded best in class in the
country. Our staff and our teams don’t achieve these awards because of poor
leadership or poor political judgement, it is the exact opposite. We are a progressive
Council who takes hard decisions even in the most difficult financial times which never
forgets its commitments to the residents. That is why they voted for a Labour
administration that knows how to improve the quality of services, cut costs and protect
the most vulnerable. This report I believe is the stepping stone for us to achieve our
financial targets and meet our manifesto commitments to the residents despite having
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a coalition government hell bent on destroying local government by starving it of
money. I am grateful for Councillor Denison for this report and I second it.”
Councillor Sachin Gupta stated that the Council was being forced to make cuts rather
than savings. However, the increases in fees and charges were minimal, in some
cases as little as three pence, five pence and ten pence. In the case of the charge for
the Chiswick Public Hall, the proposed increase was 35 pence up to a maximum of
£1.90. He asked why the Conservatives were unable to support this. If they were not
able to do so, they had clearly not thought very carefully about the proposed budget.
He considered the budget amendments to be vague and suggested that the
Conservatives should provide an alternative budget. He agreed that setting a budget
was difficult and acknowledged that this had been recognised across the Council
Chamber but he criticised the Conservatives for making savings in 2006 when they
had no pressure to do so. He concluded by thanking Councillor Theo Dennison as
Cabinet Member for Finance and Citizen Engagement and also Finance Officers for
helping to develop the proposals before Members.
Councillor Katherine Dunne reminded Members of the context of the budget which was
the ongoing difficult economic situation. She accepted that Councillor Thompson had
areas of concern in the proposals but clarified that they were not welcome to Labour
Members either; they were the social cost of the austerity drive required of local
Councils by the Government. The Council was doing what it could in the light of
reduced Government funding. Another example of this was the Council Tax Reduction
Scheme considered at the January meeting of the Council, the responsibility for which
had been given to local government without the attached funding. This in effect meant
that the scheme was not about tax cuts but a tax increase as it needed to be paid for.
She noted that page fifty of the report identified that more misery for residents was
expected following the implementation of the Government’s welfare reform
programme, which would see housing benefit levels fall in real terms. The introduction
of universal credit was also likely to see an adverse affect on vulnerable people in the
Borough. She was aware of the past debates on whether the policy known as the
bedroom tax was in fact the removal of a subsidy but she considered this fatuous as
the effect was a tax on being poor, disabled, no longer having children living at home
or not being able to move to a smaller property.
Councillor Gerald McGregor praised the work of Clive Palfreyman, Tony Brown and
other officers working in the Finance Team for the quality of the report before
Members. He then observed that Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
had attacked Government spending cuts as “unprecedented” but those implemented
by the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dennis Healey, in his emergency mini
budget of December 1976 had been worse: At the time, Councils had been provided
with only 67% of expected funding. Nobody liked spending cuts. He then addressed
the proposals in the report relating to fees and charges and considered some of them
to be incoherent or pointless: he observed that fee increases of mere pennies cost
more to administer than they would raise. He noted the comments from Councillor
Dunne but considered that people’s expectation to be too great; the economy was not
strong enough to support what the Labour Party wanted to see done. The
unemployment rate in the country was the lowest in Europe but still needed to be
reduced. He accepted that it was difficult to get a tough budget carried out but
Members needed to reMember its responsibilities related to the Council and its duties
and not elsewhere.
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Councillor Ruth Cadbury noted that the Conservatives had expressed concern about
some of the details in the budget but had provided no alternatives to the proposals
before Members. She considered that the comments were really aimed at helping
provide support for Conservative candidates in the forthcoming general election. The
Council was having to cut £13 million pounds proposed in the report, and local
government was having to cut£2.6 billion overall – but the distribution of cuts was not
shared equally and she gave the example of Wokingham which was not having to
make any savings at all. This was the fault of the Government which had imposed cuts
but had no interest in how they affected different Councils or their residents. In many
places, local government services were becoming unviable. However, she stated that
next year’s budget could be different as the forthcoming general election gave people
the chance to vote out Conservative MPs who wished to see continued cuts in public
services and the health service whilst supporting the rich and tax avoiders. It was her
view that austerity politics was based on ideology. The Institute for Fiscal Studies had
calculated that the approach to austerity implemented by the Government had reduced
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 5%. A Labour Government would raise school
standards, increase opportunities for young people and repeal the bedroom tax policy.
She congratulated officers for preparing a budget in such difficult circumstances and
commended the Council for delivering truly affordable social housing and apprentices.
Councillor Paul Lynch noted that Councillor Gupta had criticised Conservative
Members for their concerns over raising fees and charges and had picked out some
examples of small increases to suggest concerns were inappropriate. He therefore
hoped to direct Councillor Gupta’s attention to pages 21-23 of Appendix B of the report
where there were huge increases in charges for adult social care. He therefore
considered that Councillor Gupta was perhaps being disingenuous by only highlighting
increases of a few pennies. He noted too that there has been a “tendency to
smugness” amongst Labour Members during the debate on the current number of
Conservative Members sitting on the Council. He reminded them that this had nothing
to do with the popularity or otherwise of Labour policies and was the result instead of
the rising support for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He concluded
by advising “less hubris, for nemesis follows”.
Councillor Lily Bath thanked both officers and her fellow Cabinet Members for the
budget report. She was pleased that it was trying to maximise resources in order to
protect front line services. She then clarified that the proposal for the Two Bridges Day
Centre detailed in the report would not see it close but was in fact merely the
combination of two services onto one site as a rationalisation of resources which would
also increase choice for users.
Councillor Bath then accepted an intervention from Councillor Peter Thompson who observed
that page 244 of the report stated that the Two Bridges facility would close and the proposal
was headed “Combining in-house disability day services on to one site leading to the closure
of the Two Bridges building”. As the report clearly said that this would be the case, he asked
her to confirm whether or not Two Bridges Day Centre would close. In response, Councillor
Bath clarified that the building itself would close but the service would continue. She accepted
that the wording of the report might not have made that clear.
Councillor Bath then continued that the combined service would help the needs of
residents be met in a better way. In addition, the Care Act would be coming into force
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in two months and would require the Council to meet the needs of users in a
personalised way. She agreed with Councillor Lynch that there were indeed charge
increases in adult social care which was because fees had been merely nominal in the
past. This would no longer be the case, but she was confident that few residents would
lose out on service as they would be means tested. The change had been made to
help clarify the real cost of the service and would allow the Council also to provide it to
people outside the Authority area at the correct rate. She expressed disappointment
that the Conservatives were unlikely to vote for it but the change did not reflect their
values.
There being no more debate, the Mayor invited Councillor Dennison to sum up. In doing so,
he made the following comments:
He thanked all Members for their constructive comments during the preparatory stages
of compiling the budget and also for the nature of the debate in the Council Chamber
itself.
He observed that the Conservatives were concerned about the closure of the Two
Bridges Day Centre Building whilst requesting £1 million for the refurbishment of
Chiswick Library without any suggestion on how this might be paid for. As such it was
hard to understand their priorities.
He noted too that the Conservatives wished the Council to acknowledge more strongly
the financial support given by the Government to support the Council Tax freeze.
However, the reality was that the money provided made very little difference; the £1
million provided by the Government equated to 0.16% of spending.
He repeated that he had never seen any evidence of financial plans being drawn up by
the outgoing 2006-2010 Administration when the Labour Group took office in 2010.
He concluded by commenting that the Conservatives had criticised the proposed
budget but not suggested how their proposed amendments might be funded.
He therefore commended the budget to the Council.
The Mayor put the recommendations in the report, with the exception of (vi) and (ix) to the
vote and it was
RESOLVED –
That the recommendations be agreed.
Members in support of the recommendations:
Keith Anderson, Candice Atterton, Harleen Atwal Hear, Lily Bath, Raj Bath, Manjit Buttar,
Ruth Cadbury, Peter Carey, John Chatt, Samia Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins,
Steve Curran, Samantha Davies, Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard
Foote, Linda Green, Pritam Grewal, Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung,
Sam Hearn, Tina Howe, David Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal, Adrian
Lee, Tony Louki, Paul Lynch, Mukesh Malhotra, Khulique Malik, Nisar Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed
Mayne, Gerald McGregor, Shaida Mehrban, Alan Mitchell, Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds,
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Sharma, Corinna Smart, Peter Thompson, John Todd, Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
There were no Members who abstained or voted against the recommendations.
The Mayor then put recommendations (vi) and (ix) to the vote and it was
RESOLVED –
Members in support of the two recommendations:
Manjit Buttar, Ruth Cadbury, John Chatt, Samia Chaudhary, Bandna Chopra, Mel Collins,
Steve Curran, Theo Dennison, Katherine Dunne, Colin Ellar, Richard Foote, Linda Green,
Pritam Grewal, Puneet Grewal, Sachin Gupta, Bishnu Bahadur Gurung, Tina Howe, David
Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes, Kamaljit Kaur, Gurmail Lal, Tony Louki, Mukesh Malhotra,
Khulique Malik, Nisar Malik, Amrit Mann, Ed Mayne, Shaida Mehrban, Alan Mitchell,
Sharma, Corinna Smart, Gurpal Virdi and Bob Whatley
Members against the recommendations:
Councillors Peter Carey, Samantha Davies, Sam Hearn, Paul Lynch, Gerald McGregor,
Sheila O'Reilly, Robert Oulds, Peter Thompson and John Todd.
Consequently, the Mayor clarified that all the recommendations in the report had been
agreed, and so it had been
RESOLVED –
Section 1 - Revenue Budget and Council Tax 2015/16
Council Tax
1. In respect of the calculation and setting of council tax, that Borough Council resolves:
(i)
That it be noted that at its meeting on 13 January 2015, Cabinet calculated the
council tax Base 2015/16 for the whole council area as 78,760.71 [Item T in the
formula in Section 31B of Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the
“Act”)].
(ii)
That the council tax requirement for the council’s own purposes for 2015/16 is
£85,043,452 [Item R in the formula in Section 31B of Local Government Finance
Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)].
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(iii) That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2015/16 in accordance with
Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:
(a) £648,276,022 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates
for its total expenditure in accordance with the items set out in Section 31A(2)
of the Act.
(b) £563,232,570 being the aggregate of the amounts which the council estimates
for its total income (including formula grant and council tax surplus payable for
the year into its General Fund) in accordance with the items set out in Section
31A(3) of the Act.
(c) £85,043,452 being the amount by which the aggregate (iii)(a) above exceeds
the aggregate at (iii)(b) above, calculated by the council in accordance with
Section 31A(4) of the Act as its council tax requirement for the year. (Item R in
the formula in Section 31B of the Act).
(d) £1,079.77 being the amount at (iii)(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T at (i)
above, calculated by the council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as
the basic amount of its council tax for the year.
(iv) To note that for the year 2015/16 the Greater London Authority (GLA) has issued a
consultation setting out its precept to the council in accordance with Section 40 of
the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the
Council’s area as indicated in the table below.
(v)
That the council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government
Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below
as the amounts of council tax for 2015/16 for each part of its area and for each of
the categories of dwellings. (GLA will approve its precept on 23 February 2015).
Valuation
Band
Banding
Factor
Hounslow
council tax
(£)
GLA council
tax (£)
Total
council tax
(£)
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
6/9
7/9
8/9
9/9
11/9
13/9
15/9
18/9
719.8
5
839.82
959.80
1,079.
77
1,319.
72
1,559.
67
1,799.
62
2,159.
54
196.6
7
229.44
262.22
295.00
360.56
426.11
491.67
590.00
916.5
2
1,069.
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1,222.
02
1,374.
77
1,680.
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1,985.
78
2,291.
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2749.5
4
(vi) To note that the council’s basic amount of council tax for 2015/16 is not excessive
in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB of the Local
Government Finance Act 1992.
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Collection Fund
2. In respect of the Council Tax support, that Borough Council approves:
(i) Removal of the current 50% council tax discount for up to 12 months for properties
undergoing structural alteration or major repair;
(ii) Removal of the one month exemption for unoccupied and unfurnished properties
Business Rates
3. Approve the introduction of Local reduction scheme to provide business rate relief to
Hounslow business meeting the conditions to be accredited as London Living Wage
employers.
Revenue Budget
4. Approve a base budget, resulting in net operating expenditure, of £178,931,993 as
referred to in paragraph 13.1 of the Budget Report.
Inflation
5. Approve the allocation of £2,027,300 from the 2015/16 inflation budget (identified in the
Medium Term Financial Strategy) as referred to in paragraph 8.1 of the Budget Report.
Savings
6. Approve the second tranche of savings proposals set out in the report and appendix for
the four year period 2015 – 2019.
7. Approve to earmark £13.1m to fund investment needed to deliver the savings as referred
to in paragraph 9.1 of the Budget Report.
Balances
8. Approve the use of £2m from the special contingencies reserve to top up the Performance
Improvement Fund as referred to in paragraph 16.5 of the Budget Report.
Fees and Charges
9. Approve the 2015/16 fees and charges as set out in Appendix B
Section 2 - Housing Revenue Account Budget
10. That the 2015/16 HRA budget is adopted as set out in the Budget Report. This is
estimating an in year deficit of £15.976m in 2015/16, resulting in an estimated balance on
the HRA of £13.591m as at 31 March 2016.
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11. To approve year 1 of the Capital Programme (2015/16), with total capital expenditure of
£66.588m, including an addition to this to reflect unspent resources from 2014/15.
12. To note the remainder of the five year HRA Capital Investment Programme.
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Section 3 - Capital Budget 2014/15 - 2017/18
13. To note the update on the planned capital programme from 2014/15 to 2017/18 as set out
in Section 3 of the Budget Report
Section 4 - Treasury Management Strategy, Investment Strategy, Prudential Indicators
and Minimum Revenue Provision Policy 2015/16
14. To adopt the:
Treasury Management Annual Strategy (set out in Section 4).
Annual Investment Strategy (Appendix D)
Statement on Minimum Reserve Provision (Appendix F)
Prudential and Treasury Indicators (Appendix G)
15. To authorise the Assistant Director Strategic Finance to:
Use short-term (temporary) borrowings.
Use cash held in internal funds to offset the need to borrow externally.
Subject to interest rates at the time of offer:
a) to take long-term loans, as required, from the Public Works Loan Board.
b) to take long term loans from the money market utilising any of the loan
instruments available to the council as deemed most appropriate at the time of
borrowing.
Invest temporary surplus cash within constraints
considerations with approved counterparties.
of
normal
cash
flow
Maintain the approved counterparty list, making additions and deletions, and
reviewing counterparty limits as necessary.
Review and appoint external cash fund managers if appropriate if one-off lump
sums are received, subject to specific conditions for investment.
Review and implement all prudent debt management functions which are required
to produce advantages to the council’s long term interest rate liabilities.
Subject to available rental levels, to finance appropriate expenditure through
leasing arrangements.
ACTION BY: Assistant Director, Strategic Finance
6.
Appointments to Committees and Other Bodies
The Mayor sought nominations for any vacant positions.
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It was proposed, seconded and
RESOLVED –
That Councillor Colin Ellar be appointed to the Membership of the Audit Committee and that
he would also be appointed Vice-Chair of that body for the remainder of the municipal year.
ACTION BY: Head of Democratic Services
TO NOTE: All
7.
Decisions Taken Under Urgency Arrangements (if any)
Members considered a report by the Head of Democratic Services
It was
RESOLVED –
That the information be noted.
TO NOTE: All
8.
Any Other Matters That the Mayor Considers Urgent
There were no such items.
9.
Date of Next Meeting
It was noted that the next meeting of the Council was scheduled for Tuesday 24th March 2015
and would commence at 8.00pm in the Council Chamber.
The meeting ended at 10.40 pm
Mayor
Minute Ends
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Agenda Item 5
Report for:
INFORMATION
Contains Confidential
or Exempt Information
Title
Member Reporting
Contact Details
For Consideration By
Date to be Considered
Implementation Date if
Not Called In
Affected Wards
Keywords/Index
1.
No
Petitions
Councillor Theo Dennison, Cabinet Member for
Finance and Citizen Engagement
Thomas Ribbits, Head of Democratic Services.
Telephone: 020 8583 2251
Email: thomas.ribbits@hounslow.gov.uk
Borough Council
24th March 2015
Not applicable
See below
Petitions
Details of Recommendations
Members are asked to:
Note the petitions that have been forwarded to other formal bodies of the
Authority for consideration; and
Note the responses from members to any petitions heard at the meeting.
If the recommendations are adopted, how will residents benefit?
Benefits to residents and reasons why they will
Dates by which they can
benefit, link to Values
expect to notice a difference
Not applicable
2.
Report Summary
This report identifies the petitions previously presented to the Mayor for
consideration by the full council or other formal bodies of the Authority.
3.
Reason for the Report
3.1
At its meeting in July 2010, the Council agreed a new scheme for dealing with
petitions. This was revised in January 2012, and allows for petitions to be
considered either at borough council or by other formal bodies of the authority.
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3.2
Below is a table of petitions received by the Mayor and the bodies which will
be considering each one. This has been attached as an appendix to this
report.
3.3
Under the petition scheme, some petitions may still be considered by the
Council itself. In some cases the organisers or nominated spokesperson will
introduce the petition, after which the relevant Cabinet Member or Committee
Chair will respond (usually in writing) and Members will be invited to agree the
response. The appendix to this report lists any such petitions.
3.4
The Scheme allows for one or more of the following outcomes:
taking the action requested in the petition
considering the petition at a council meeting
holding an inquiry into the matter
undertaking research into the matter
holding a public meeting
holding a meeting with petitioners
referring the petition for consideration by the Council's Overview and
Scrutiny Committee
writing to the petition organiser setting out our views about the request
in the petition
Other responses
3.5
Attached as an appendix is a list of petitions received by the Mayor and the
bodies at which they will be considered.
Option
As this report is for noting, there are
no options to consider.
Comments
4.
Key Implications
4.1
The targets and measures in relation to each petition presented will be
considered by the council body at which each petition is considered.
5.
Financial Details
Financial Impact On The Budget
5.1
There is no impact on the budget as this report is purely for information.
Comments of the Assistant Director Strategic Finance
5.2
The Assistant Director, Strategic Finance has been consulted on this report
and advises that the financial implications of any actions arising from these
petitions will need to be considered at the appropriate time.
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6.
Legal
Legal Details
6.1
There are no legal implications identified in the noting of this report. Further
reports on petitions presented to other council bodies will include relevant
legal comments in relation to the requests in each case as necessary.
Comments of the Assistant Director Corporate Governance
6.2
The Assistant Director, Corporate Governance has been consulted on this
report and has no comments.
7.
Value For Money
7.1
The report is for noting and so there are no value for money implications.
8.
Sustainability Impact Appraisal
8.1
The report is for noting and as such no appraisal is necessary.
9.
Risk Management
9.1
There are no risks related to this report.
10.
Links to Council Priorities
10.1
The consideration of requests in petitions presented to the Mayor relate to the
Council’s priority to create an ambitious council which improves the lives of
residents and works in a transparent way.
11.
Equalities, Human Rights and Community Cohesion
11.1
The Council is not being asked to make any decisions on the petitions
presented to it, and so there are no implications in relation to equalities,
human rights and community cohesion.
12.
Staffing/Workforce and Accommodation implications
12.1
presented to it, and so there are no implications in relation to staffing or
accommodation.
13.
Property and Assets
13.1
presented to it, and so there are no implications for property or assets.
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14.
Any Other Implications
14.1
There are no further implications.
15.
Consultation
15.1
No consultation is required for this report.
16.
Timetable for Implementation
16.1 The petitions presented to area forums or other council bodies would normally
be considered at the next meeting of that body to take place.
17.
Appendices
17.1 Appendix A comprises a table of petitions received by the Mayor and the
bodies which will be considering each one.
18.
Background Information
18.1
There is no background information and no background papers in relation to
this report.
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APPENDIX A
PETITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED AT OTHER BODIES
Please note that the petitions below which have been presented to the Mayor. In
each case the relevant Cabinet Member has determined which body would be
appropriate for them to be considered by.
No Details
1
2
3
Signatu
res
Request to list
511
the Red Lion Pub
in Isleworth as an
Asset of
Community Value
Request creation 13
of a controlled
parking zone in
Albany Road,
Brentford
839
Back the
Council's
campaign for a
better not bigger
Heathrow
Cabinet
Member
Ward
Committee
Dealing (or
alternative
action)
Isleworth and
Brentford Area
Forum (tbc)
Cllr Sue
Sampson
Isleworth
Cllr Amrit
Mann
Brentford
Isleworth and
Brentford Area
Forum (tbc)
Cllr Amrit
Mann
All
Council
REPORT ENDS
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Agenda Item 6
Report for:
ACTION
No
Title
REG 279 Proposed Compulsory Purchase Order for Land
at Hounslow Town Centre
Member Reporting
Cllr. Steve Curran, Cabinet Member
steve.curran@hounslow.gov.uk
Contact Details
Heather Cheesbrough
(heather.cheesbrough@hounslow.gov.uk)
Cabinet – 17th March 2015
Council – 24th March 2015
See above
27th March 2015
Not Called In
Affected Wards
Keywords/Index
Hounslow Central
High Street Quarter
1 DETAILS OF RECOMMENDATIONS
That Cabinet
(a)
Resolve that the use of Compulsory Purchase powers under section
226(1)(a), the power of acquisition by agreement under section 227 and the
power to authorise interference with rights under section 237 of the Town
and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) and powers in relation to new
rights under Section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1976 are justified in order to facilitate the redevelopment and
regeneration of the land outlined in the CPO Plan at Appendix 2 (‘the Order
Land’) in line with the Hounslow High Street Quarter objectives.
(b)
Approve the draft London Borough of Hounslow (High Street Quarter)
Compulsory Purchase Order 2015 as attached at Appendix 1, the map
comprising the Order Land (‘the Order Land’) as attached at Appendix 2
and the draft Statement of Reasons made in support of the Order and
attached at Appendix 3 (‘the Statement of Reasons’). The Order is
required for both planning and regeneration purposes in order to enable the
Council’s development partner, BDW Trading Ltd (BDW), to deliver the High
Street Quarter development.
(c)
Resolve to authorise the making of the London Borough of Hounslow (High
Street Quarter) Compulsory Purchase Order 2015 under section 226(1)(a) of
the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), subject to the prior
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agreement of the Borough Council meeting in full council and a full indemnity
for the costs of doing so.
(d)
To authorise the Director Regeneration, Economic Development and
Environment ("the Director") to make changes to the draft Order, the Map
(within the red line boundary as shown on the Map) and Statements of
Reasons as considered necessary.
(e)
To authorise the use of powers in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
to secure the removal of any apparatus of statutory undertakers or
communication code operators from the Order Land shown in Appendix 2.
(f)
To authorise the acquisition by agreement of all third party interests in and
over the Order Land under Section 227 and development of the Order Land
notwithstanding the interference with third party rights under Section 237 of
the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 before and after confirmation of
the Order and in respect of any new rights required for the development or
use of the Order Land.
(g)
To authorise the Director in consultation with the Assistant Director
Corporate Governance or the Monitoring Officer ("the Assistant Director") to
take all necessary steps to secure confirmation of the Order and the
acquisition of all third party interests in the Order Land and any new rights
and the removal of all occupants from the Order Land. This authorisation
includes the publication and advertisement of the Order, serving appropriate
notices, seeking confirmation of the Order, taking all steps to acquire
relevant interests and such other steps as deemed appropriate by the
Director in consultation with the Assistant Director to facilitate the
development, redevelopment or improvement of the Order Land.
(h)
To authorise the Director in consultation with the Assistant Director to enter
into agreements and make undertakings, contracts and transfers on behalf
of the Council with third party interests in the Order Land or for the creation
of new rights in favour of the Order Land or with parties otherwise affected
by the Order, including for the withdrawal of objections to the confirmation of
the Order and also including the offering back of any part of the Order Land
or acquisition of additional land or interests in or over any such land and the
removal of any land from the Order.
(i)
To authorise the Director and the Assistant Director to defend any
proceedings challenging these decisions, and the making, confirmation or
implementation of the Order or any notice, general vesting declaration or
anything else made pursuant to the Order.
(j)
To authorise the Director in consultation with the Assistant Director following
confirmation of the Order to publish and serve all appropriate notices of
confirmation of the Order and to make one or more general vesting
declarations or serve notices to treat and notices of entry (as appropriate) in
respect of the Order Land.
(k)
To authorise the Assistant Director to initiate or take part in any arbitration or
proceedings before the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) or the Courts in
order to resolve any disputes as to compensation or other payments payable
for any interests in the Order Land or arising from the making or confirmation
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of the Order or securing possession of any part of the Order Land or title to
any part of the Order Land or the removal of any occupants or apparatus of
statutory undertakers or communication code operators.
(l)
To authorise entry into (a) a satisfactory Indemnity Agreement with BDW
Trading Limited, and (b) a satisfactory Parent Company Guarantee with
Barratt Developments PLC, which covers all the Council’s costs in and
incidental to the making of a Compulsory Purchase Order or acquiring the
Land by agreement.
(m) To
note that:
(i)
The Council and BDW Trading Ltd (whether separately or together)
will continue to negotiate to acquire land needed to facilitate the High
Street Quarter scheme by agreement throughout the CPO process.
(ii)
a deed of indemnity will be entered into with the Council's selected
development partner before the Order is made, which covers the
outstanding costs and liabilities associated with the recommendations
and exercise of the delegated authorities referred to above pursuant
to powers delegated to the Director of Regeneration, Environment
and Economic Development by Cabinet in November 2013.
(iii)
the appropriation of Council owned land from the purposes for which it
is currently held to planning purposes will be required under Section
122 of the Local Government Act 1972 to deliver the High Street
Quarter objectives. This will need to be actioned once planning
permission for the scheme has been obtained.
(iv)
the use of stopping up powers under Section 247 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) is likely to be required to
deliver the High Street Quarter objectives and that where planning
permission is granted for a scheme to deliver these objectives its use
would be likely to be supported so that the Council could make and (in
the absence of pertinent objections) confirm a stopping up order.
(v)
To note the outcome of the Equalities Assessment of the proposed
Compulsory Purchase Order detailed in paragraph 11.4 -11.8 and the
impact relating to the Human Rights Act 1998 in paragraphs 3.43-3.47
and in 3.60-3.62 and 11.00-11.3.
(vi)
the Council is satisfied that, through the provisions of the CPO
Indemnity Agreement, Parent Company Guarantee and Development
Agreement, it will not be providing an illegal indirect subsidy of State
Aid to BDW Trading PLC in the use of its Compulsory Purchase and
associated powers (including under section 237 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990).
The Council is
RECOMMENDED –
To endorse and confirm the decision of the Cabinet
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Benefits to residents and reasons why they will benefit, link Dates by which they
to Values
can expect to notice
a difference
If the development
Good Quality Homes and Jobs.
proceeds,
construction is
The proposal would facilitate the delivery of the proposed scheduled to
High Street Quarter development, a mixed use scheme commence in 2016
which would assist in regenerating Hounslow town centre with the first phases
and provide new homes (including affordable housing). .
of development
completed and
handed over for fit
The Scheme will make a positive contribution to the out in 2018
improvement of the economic, social and environmental
well-being of the area.
2 REPORT SUMMARY
1. This report recommends that the Cabinet resolve to use the Council’s
compulsory purchase and associated powers (including those under Section
237 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990) to facilitate the High Street
Quarter development (‘the Scheme’). It notes that the appropriation of
Council owned land from the purposes for which it is currently held to
planning purposes and the making of stopping up orders will be required to
enable the Scheme to proceed.
2. These recommendations are being made to facilitate the redevelopment of
the Land which requires the assembly of all of the necessary land and rights
in a suitable timeframe to realise the opportunity offered by the Scheme. The
High Street Quarter regeneration has wider public benefits that will improve
the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the area.
3. The Council and its development partner have continued to negotiate to
acquire the necessary land and rights by agreement since the in-principle
resolution made in December 2014 but have not been able to secure all
interests in land required. Notices requisitioning information from persons in
relation to the Land or other land pursuant to section 16 of the Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 have been issued and the
Council’s appointed land referencers have produced an accurate CPO Map
and Schedule detailing all interests needed to be purchased in order to
facilitate the scheme.
4. If adopted, the key financial implications for the Council are minimal. A CPO
Indemnity Agreement has been negotiated and is ready to be executed.
External consultant costs (as well as costs for officer time) for professional
advice and the costs of external lawyers will be paid by the Developers
together with all other promotional, inquiry and land assembly costs.
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3
REASON FOR DECISION AND OPTIONS CONSIDERED
3.1
The decision to facilitate the redevelopment of the Land through the use of
the Council’s compulsory purchase and associated powers is to ensure the
delivery of the High Street Quarter in Hounslow Town Centre. The Scheme
would involve retail, leisure and housing development in accordance with the
Council’s policies. A planning application (reference 00616/F/P19) has been
submitted involving the redevelopment of around 2.18 hectares of land to
provide around 527 new homes, a multi-screen cinema, and circa 8,800 sq m
(GIA) of new retail and restaurant floor space, intended to complement the
existing High Street, Treaty Centre and Blenheim Centre, and delivery of
significant improvements to the public realm in this area
3.2
You are referred to the Statement of Reasons (Appendix 3) which provides
full details as to the:
(i)
background of the scheme;
(ii)
planning policy support for the scheme;
(iii)
the role of the Council’s development partner;
(iv)
the efforts to acquire by agreement;
(v)
the case for compulsory purchase.
3.3
The Statement of Reasons is a non-statutory document that is submitted with
the CPO to the Secretary of State which explains the reasons and
justifications for making the Order. It provides a comprehensive statement as
to the foundation and objectives of the CPO. Negotiations are on-going with
many of those affected by the CPO and the Statement of Reasons will be
updated in advance of its submission to the Secretary of State to reflect the
position at that time.
3.4
This report provides an update as to matters that have progressed since the
Cabinet’s resolution of the 9th December 2014 for the in-principle use of the
Council’s compulsory purchase powers in relation to the Scheme.
Requisition of Information
3.5
On the 15 January 2015, acting on behalf of the Council, Persona Associates
issued land information questionnaires under Section 16 of the Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 to all persons who had an
interest in property that was likely to be included in the CPO. This included
persons who had an interest in land that was to be acquired, persons with an
interest in land over which the Council would be seeking to acquire a right
over, and persons with an interest in land which that property’s rights of light
may be affected by the scheme.
3.6
After receiving a number of enquiries from owners seeking clarification as to
how the Scheme was to impact specific property, the Council’s appointed
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property consultants (GL Hearn) wrote to all parties whose property was not
to be acquired but who, on account of the rights of light enjoyed by the
property being affected by the scheme, needed to be included in the
Compulsory Purchase Order as a person who may be entitled to receive
compensation to explain why the letter had been received. GL Hearn also
wrote to all of the owners of car parking spaces associated with the Blenheim
Centre located within the surfaced car park located to the north-west of the
Alexandra Road and Holloway Street Car Park re-affirming the Developer’s
stated position at the public consultation that all of the spaces would be reprovided in the Scheme and the intention is for the spaces to be relocated as
a one-off move.
3.7
The completed questionnaires (62% returned completed) have been used by
Persona Associates to ensure that all reasonable endeavours have been to
ensure an accurate and contemporary CPO Schedule.
Land which is the subject of the CPO
3.8
The extent of the land included within the CPO has been refined since the
report of the 9th December 2014. The boundary of the land to be included
has remained largely unchanged: the red line boundary has been extended to
cover rights over land required for the swinging of the jib of the crane during
the construction of the Scheme.
3.9
The land to be acquired by the Council extends to:
(i)
all of the residential properties on the east side of Holloway Street (1347 Holloway Street inclusive);
(ii)
a portion of the service road for the Delivery Office that lies to the north
of 47 Holloway Street;
(iii)
three commercial properties that are situated to the west and east of
Smithy Lane (the central pedestrian footpath connecting the High
Street and the Alexandra Road and Holloway Street Car Park), namely
174, 178 and 180 High Street;
(iv)
Smithy Lane itself;
(v)
Legal and General Assurance Limited’s freehold interest in the
Blenheim Centre residents’ car park located to the north-west of the
Alexandra Road and Holloway Street car park;
(vi)
Land located to the rear of 168 – 176 High Street which falls within the
boundary of those properties will be acquired but no part of the building
is to be purchased.
3.10
On completion of the scheme rights will be granted over the new service yard
to the owners and occupiers of 168 - 176 High Street so they can service and
access the rear of their properties. Pedestrian access to the rear of the
properties will be maintained throughout the works.
3.11
Rights over land that are to be acquired include:
(i)
The land to the rear of 180 – 196 High Street that falls within the title of
these properties – rights over this land will be secured for the
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construction of the Scheme and the creation of a pedestrian footpath to
allow all owners and occupiers of the High Street units access to and
egress from the properties (including residential upper parts).
(ii)
The right to swing the jib of a crane over several properties for the
purposes of the construction of the scheme;
(iii)
A right of way over Prince Regent Road to the benefit of the developers
and the occupiers of the scheme.
3.12
The land to the rear of the properties known as 180-196 High Street will be
reinstated on the completion of the works and rights of access granted over
the newly created service yard.
3.13
Since the issue of the requisition notices, there have been increased levels of
communication from the owners and occupiers of the properties affected by
the scheme. The Council’s property consultants have been actively working
to secure the properties required for the scheme by agreement. Further
meetings have been held with Royal Mail Group as to the purchase of their
land and the associated works that will be required and Heads of Terms
which will form the basis of a legal agreement between the parties have been
drafted and are being refined.
3.14
Discussions with the owners of the remaining Holloway Street houses have
continued with assistance in finding a suitable relocation property being
provided to all of the owner-occupier residents.
3.15
Discussions with Legal and General Assurance Limited have continued in
respect of the acquisition of their freehold interests required for the scheme
and progress is being made in this regard.
3.16
Meetings and/or discussions have been held with the commercial occupiers
of the High Street properties that are required to be purchased for the
Scheme with the focus being on advising them of the implications of the CPO
and sourcing potentially suitable alternative accommodation.
3.17
Discussions have also been held with a number of the owners and occupiers
of High Street properties who are having the land to the rear of their
properties acquired/having rights acquired. Discussions have been positive
and have focused on access arrangements both during the construction
works and on completion of the development.
Planning Proposal
3.18
In accordance with the Development Agreement, the Developers presented
their proposal to Cabinet on the 12th February 2015 for their approval of the
proposals as landowners. The proposal was formally approved on the 18th
February 2015.
3.19
On the 27th February 2015 a planning application (reference 00616/F/P19)
was submitted for the:
3.20
The demolition of commercial and residential properties, site clearance and
redevelopment comprising; The construction of a mixed-use development
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comprising five blocks with 527 residential units (311 Private units, 108
Shared Ownership units and 108 Affordable Rent units), a multiscreen
cinema (Use Class D2) of 5,267 sqm (GEA), 9,830 sqm (GEA) of retail,
restaurant and café uses (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A4 & A5), infrastructure
including 513 parking spaces, 686 cycle parking spaces, service areas, public
realm incorporating pedestrian/cycle circulation areas with associated hard
and soft landscaping and private amenity spaces.”
3.21
This was validated on the 5th March 2015 and the matter is expected to be
presented to the planning committee in about July 2015.
3.22
The CPO will be made prior to the grant of planning permission for the
scheme. Whilst planning permission has not yet been secured the scheme
for which the CPO is being made to support, relates to the procured scheme
which has been approved by the Council as landowner as meeting the
parameters of the Development Agreement.
3.23
The CPO process is a lengthy one, with it expected that after the making of
the Order it would be approximately six months before the commencement of
a public inquiry (assuming that statutory objections are received and the
Secretary of State concludes that one is required). If the Order were to be
made at the end of March 2015, the public inquiry would likely be held in
September/October by which time it is expected that the Planning Committee
will have determined the application.
3.24
Whilst the developer is confident they have presented a fully policy complaint
scheme, and have been in dialogue with the Council’s planning team in
advance of submitting the application to obtain their feedback on elements of
the development, there is a recognised risk that planning permission may not
be granted. This risk will be evaluated prior to the making of the CPO but it is
considered by both the Council as landowner and the Developer that there is
no obvious reason why planning permission might be withheld and that any
such permission is likely to have been granted by the time of the public
inquiry.
Indemnity Agreement
3.25
This report recommends that Members authorise entry into a CPO Indemnity
Agreement with BDW Trading Limited and entry into CPO Indemnity
guarantee (which shall be capped at £50,000,000) with Barratt Developments
PLC (who are BDW’s parent company). The parent company guarantee will
be effective in the event that BDW become insolvent and / or the
Development Agreement is terminated. The indemnity agreement covers the
costs and liabilities of the Council in all parts of the CPO process including,
but not limited to:
(i)
all costs associated with the preparation and making of the CPO,
including all professional fees incurred by the Council;
(ii)
all costs incurred by the Council in relation to any public inquiry or
judicial review;
(iii)
any compensation that is payable for the acquisition of land or from the
interference with the legal rights enjoyed by a property as a
consequence of the construction of the scheme (including
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compensation that is payable from the execution of the Council’s
appropriation powers under s.237 TCPA 1990);
(iv)
3.26
all costs associated with any reference made to the Upper Tribunal
(Lands Chamber), either by the Council as acquiring authority or by a
claimant, relating to the assessment of compensation following the
acquisition of land or the interference with a right.
The Council's costs incurred to the date of the Indemnity Agreement will be
paid by BDW on the day the agreement is completed, both of which will occur
before the Council will make the Order.
Appropriation
3.27
The Council currently own the freehold interest in the Holloway Street and
Alexandra Road Car Parks and twelve properties on Holloway Street.
3.28
The Alexandra Road and Holloway Street Car Parks are currently held by the
Council for car parking purposes. This land will be subject to a decision to
appropriate it to planning purposes once the CPO is confirmed.
3.29
It is considered that the Holloway Street houses were acquired for planning
purposes, with use for residential accommodation in the interim before
demolition. In those circumstances, it is not considered that appropriation will
be necessary in respect of these properties.
3.30
The appropriation of other Council owned land from the purposes for which it
is currently held to planning purposes will be required under Section 122 of
the Local Government Act 1972 to deliver the High Street Quarter objectives.
This will need to be actioned once planning permission for the scheme has
been obtained.
Stopping Up Order
3.31
Prior to commencement of the Scheme a Stopping Up Order must be
obtained in respect of the highway at Holloway Street, Smithy Lane (the
public footpath that runs between 174 High Street and 178 High Street) and
Wells Lane (the road that runs to the south of the car park along the rear of
the High Street properties). This Order is due to be made by the Council
pursuant to S247 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and in the absence of
outstanding objections will be confirmed by the Council before the CPO is
confirmed (to the extent it is possible and will be run concurrently with the
CPO process.
Justification for Seeking to Compulsorily Acquire the remaining third
party interests and created associated rights for the High Street Quarter
scheme
3.32
Circular 06/2004 is government guidance to acquiring authorities in England
on the use of Compulsory Purchase Powers. The Circular sets out key tests
that the Secretary of State will consider before a Compulsory Purchase Order
can be confirmed.
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3.33
The Council believes that there is a compelling case in the public interest to
justify interfering with owners human rights. This is fully detailed in the 9
December Cabinet Report and Section 10 of the Statement of Reasons
Human Rights
3.34
The Human Rights Act 1998 prohibits public authorities from acting a way
which is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The
Council is therefore required to consider whether its exercise of powers would
infringe the human rights of anyone affected.
3.35
It is acknowledged that the compulsory acquisition of the Order Land or the
creation of new rights is likely to amount to an interference with the human
rights of those with an interest in the Order Land. These include rights under
article 1 of the first protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights
("ECHR") (which provides that every natural or legal person is entitled to
peaceful enjoyment of his possessions and no one shall be deprived of his
possessions except in the public interest and subject to the conditions
provided for by the law).
3.36
The Council considers that the use of compulsory purchase and associated
powers in relation to the Land is in the public interest, and the use of such
powers is proportionate to the ends being pursued. Full details as to the
economic, social and environmental wellbeing benefits of the scheme are
detailed in the Statement of Reasons.
(VII)
4.1
KEY IMPLICATIONS
Targets and measures to be explained here using either paragraphs or table
below or both.
How is success to be measured?
Defined
Unmet
Met
Outcomes
Facilitation
of delivery
of project
(VIII)
Acquisition
of third party
interests
unable to be
agreed or
CPO not
made and
therefore
project
benefits to
the town not
delivered
and the
regeneration
of the town
inhibited.
Exceeded
Acquisition
of third party
interests
agreed or
CPO
confirmed.
Development
of a key
regeneration
site realised
and
projected
benefits for
the town
delivered
POLICY CONTEXT
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A
significant
portion of
land
acquisitions
achieved
through
negotiation
Significantly Date they
Exceeded
should be
deliver by
All land
2018
acquisition to
be achieved
through
negotiation.
3.37
The Unitary Development Plan (adopted 2003), the emerging Local Plan and
the Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan (published December 2013) all
identify the Hounslow High Street Quarter Site as a key development site
within the borough and one that, through the bringing forward of a mixed-use
development of the land, will significantly benefit the vitality and viability of
Hounslow Town Centre.
3.38
The site is allocated within the UDP as Proposal Site M8 and the Emerging
Local Plan allocates the High Street Quarter site for mixed use development
with leisure, commercial (retail) and residential uses, making reference of the
Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan as to what could be delivered on site.
3.39
Full details as to the planning policy for the development of the High Street
Quarter site can be found in the Draft Statement of Reasons [Appendix 1]
(IX)
FINANCIAL DETAILS
a)
Financial Impact On The Budget (Mandatory)
i)
It is proposed that a CPO Indemnity Agreement which covers all costs
associated with the preparation and making of the CPO, and any
compensation that is payable for the acquisition of land will be entered into
with the Developer, BDW Trading Ltd.
b)
i)
This report recommends that Members authorise the signing of a CPO
Indemnity Agreement with BDW and a Parent Company Guarantee with
BDW’s parent company guarantor (Barratt Developments PLC) which will
provide the Council with assurance that Hounslow will ultimately bear no cost
in relation to this project.
ii)
The CPOIA includes provision for full reimbursement of internal and external
costs, and limits the impact of cashflow on the Council (where the Council prefunds activities for which it is later reimbursed).
iii)
The Indemnity Agreement also allows for full reimbursement of costs incurred
by the Council ahead of an early termination of this project (should that occur)
either before or after property and/or land and/or other rights have been
compulsorily purchased.
iv)
In the event of a developer default the Council choose to mitigate the risk of
carrying surplus stock by deploying for use as Temporary Accommodation as
is now the case with some units previously purchased as part of this
development.
(X)
LEGAL DETAILS
Making a CPO
a. The making of a compulsory purchase Order under S.226 (1) (a)
of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Acquisition
of Land Act 1981 is a function which Cabinet may exercise
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together with Borough Council, in accordance with the
provisions of the Council’s Constitution.
b. Section 226 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 enables
a local authority to exercise its compulsory purchase powers:
(1) If it considers that acquiring the land in question will facilitate
the carrying out of development, redevelopment, or
improvement on, or in relation to, the land being acquired
(s.226(1)(a)); and
(2) Provided that it considers that the proposed development,
redevelopment or improvement is likely to contribute to
achieving the promotion or improvement of the economic,
social or environmental well-being of its area (s.226(1A)).
c. The Council must therefore be satisfied that both of these
elements are satisfied in relation to the proposed Order. Officers
consider that both of these considerations are fulfilled and the
basis for this is detailed in Section 10 of the Statement of
Reasons.
d. The Cabinet is asked to resolve to make a CPO for the purpose
of facilitating the comprehensive redevelopment of the Land to
enable the delivery of a mixed-use development comprising of a
multi-screen cinema, retail accommodation, restaurant/café
accommodation and housing, public realm and connectivity
improvements which overall will make a major positive
contribution to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the area.
Confirmation of a CPO and Acquisition of the Land
e. If the Council resolves to make the CPO, the Order must be
submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation, notified to
those persons affected by it and advertised in the local press.
f. Any party who wishes to object to the making of the CPO at that
point would have 21 days within which to do so from the date of
notification. All statutory objectors have a right to be heard at a
public inquiry although it is possible for the Secretary of State to
deal with objections in writing. Although any Inquiry will be held
on the earliest possible date, typically this could be six months
or made after submission of the Order to the Secretary of State.
g. The Council cannot actually exercise its compulsory purchase
powers until such time as the CPO has been confirmed by the
Secretary of State or the Secretary of State permits the Council
itself to confirm the CPO.
h. Following confirmation of a CPO the Council has three years
within which to exercise the CPO powers. Once the interests
included in the proposed CPO area have been acquired for
planning purposes, the site will benefit from the operation of
Section 237 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which
(subject to the payment of compensation) overides all existing
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third party rights that could prevent the development or use of
the land from proceeding. The costs of compensation will be
limited to the statutory basis as provided by section 237 of the
1990 Act (as amended).
Legal Challenge
i. Decisions made in the Compulsory Purchase context are subject
to challenge on public law grounds in the usual way.
b) Comments of the Assistant Director Corporate Governance
The comments of the Assistant Director Corporate Governance have been
included in the Report.
(XI)
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT APPRAISAL
a. The delivery of the High Street Quarter development, which will
be facilitated by the CPO process, will provide for a mixed-use
scheme that provides well-designed homes, improved leisure
facilities and a safer, more attractive environment.
b. Key environmental benefits are:
Re-use of a previously developed site for a mix of uses including housing
offsetting need for greenfield development;
Regeneration of unsightly brownfield land of low townscape value, thereby
enhancing the appearance of town centre and acting as a catalyst for
improvements to nearby areas.
Creation of new and enhanced public realm in the centre of the
development which will significantly improve the town centre’s existing
offer. The new town square will be available for performance and events
space and will significantly improve the local environment of this area.
New paving, street tree planting, lighting and pathways will enhance the
permeability of the area linking the Blenheim Centre to the north and the
High Street to the south.
All of the residential units to be delivered are designed to Lifetime Homes’
Standard with 10% of the units designed to be wheelchair accessible.
Improvement to an area of the town centre that lacks security and can be
subject to anti-social behaviour.
(XII)
RISK MANAGEMENT
a. The Council’s CPO powers are in themselves an important risk
management tool. The authority to progress the use of these
powers ensures that where negotiations to buy interests by
agreement have been unsuccessful, the Council can achieve
vacant possession in a timely manner and avoid the risk of
delay in delivering the regeneration scheme and the longer term
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viability of Hounslow Town Centre. Such a delay and
uncertainty could result in the development not proceeding.
b. The exercise of CPO powers can be controversial and the
Council is managing the potential risk through continued
consultation and engagement with WBBL and affected
occupiers and stakeholders.
c. A CPO Indemnity Agreement which covers all costs associated
with the preparation and making of the CPO, and any
compensation that is payable for the acquisition of land has
been executed with the developer.
(XIII)
LINKS TO COUNCIL PRIORITIES
a. The proposed redevelopment would help achieve the objectives
of the Unitary Development Plan, the Hounslow Town Centre
Masterplan and the emerging Local Plan in bringing forward the
redevelopment of the site for mixed use development. The site
is identified in all of these documents as a key development
opportunity and the realisation of this development will bring
significant economic, environmental and social benefits to local
residents and businesses including jobs, new homes, the
creation of an evening economy and improvements to the public
realm.
b. Facilitating the development through the use of the Council’s
compulsory purchase powers will enhance the vitality and
viability of the town. The development will bring a £210 million
investment in Hounslow Town Centre from the private sector
achieving objectives IMP 2, IMP3 and IMP 4 as set out in the
UDP. The scheme will also deliver new housing which will
contribute towards meeting the housing targets set by the
London Plan.
c. Good quality homes and jobs – pledges;
Secure a further 3000 affordable homes
Provide 300 apprenticeship places for young people and more
local skills training
Regenerate Brentford and Hounslow town centres
(XIV)
EQUALITIES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY COHESION
The Human Rights Act 1998 protects particular European convention rights to
include:
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(a)
the right of everyone to the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions,
which can only be impinged upon in the public interest and subject to
relevant national and international laws (Article1);
(b)
the right to a fair and public hearing for those affected by the making
of the CPO (Article 6);
(c)
the right to a private and family life, home and correspondence, which
again can only be impinged upon in accordance with law and in the
public interest (Article 8).
a. In light of the matters detailed in this report, the exercise of the
proposed compulsory purchase powers is justified on the basis
that it is in the public interest, authorised by law and necessary
and proportionate towards achieving the regeneration of the
Hounslow Town Centre. The CPO will also contribute towards
meeting the Council’s priority to promote mixed communities in
well-designed neighbourhoods.
b. The proposed CPO will be consistent with Article 6 of the Human
Rights Act 1998. All those affected will be informed and advised
of a right to make representations to the Secretary of State, to
be heard at a public inquiry and have fair entitlement to
compensation. There are four categories of interests affected by
the proposal; Category 1: Owners affected by acquisition of their
entire property; Category 2: owners affected by acquisition of
part of a property; Category 3: Interference with Rights/ New
Rights Acquired over land and Category 4: Relocation of car
parking spaces.
c. The
Council
has
to take
account
of its
Equalities
Duties under the Equality Act 2010, in particular, the provisions
under section 149 of the Act to: (a) Eliminate discrimination,
harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is
prohibited by the Act; (b) Advance equality of opportunity
between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic
and person who do not share it; (c) Foster good relations
between equalities groups.
d. The Council has considered the relevance of the proposal to the
provisions of the Equality Act 2010 and found no evidence to
substantiate any adverse impact on grounds of Equality. To
state the obvious, property is of great financial and sentimental
value to those who have an interest in it. It is therefore inevitable
that decisions of public bodies to acquire land under
Compulsory Purchase Orders, albeit to enable new
development will often be experienced negatively. However, this
adverse impact has no bearing on the Equalities obligations as
it requires evidence of unfavourable treatment on grounds of an
equality characteristic. In this case, the specific equalities
characteristics of the owners of the affected residential and
commercial properties are not known but with the exception of
disability or any language barriers, the relevance of other
equalities characteristics to the CPO is not immediately
apparent.
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e. Disability is likely to be a relevant characteristic if owners are in
properties which have adapted features or if there are clearly
designated disabled bays lost in the acquisition of land. Due
regard will need to be given to disability equality or language
needs to ensure that these factors are taken into account when
engaging with owners and when sourcing suitable alternatives.
f. It is considered that those affected are from diverse ethnic
backgrounds reflecting the demographic makeup of the Borough
but this of itself has no bearing on the substantive equality duty.
All affected parties have been approached in the same way with
a strong effort to engage with them through regular
correspondence. They have also been sent letters to discuss
how the proposed redevelopment will impact their property and
to progress discussions for the acquisition of the land by
agreement. They have also been offered assistance to source
suitable replacement and this provides all owners with the
opportunity to raise any equality issues which are of concern to
them. However, to-date no feedback has been received to
suggest that equality is a relevant factor for the proposed CPO.
g. If equality related issues emerge during the course of
negotiations or when securing agreement, then this should be
responded to on an individual basis as it relates to the specific
property and its owner. Therefore, a Full Equality Analysis is not
considered necessary.
(XV)
STAFFING/WORKFORCE AND ACCOMMODATION IMPLICATIONS:
a. The Council will need to cover legal and officers input into the
preparation and support of the CPO. To date this has included
preparing the Statement of Reasons and in the future will
include the preparation of a Statement of case to support the
order and potentially the preparation of evidence for a public
inquiry. The CPO Indemnity agreement will cover the financial
costs of all Council input including officer time and external
consultant’s fees, including legal advice and property support, in
the preparation of the necessary CPO documents including the
Statement of Case and preparation of evidence to the inquiry.
(XVI)
PROPERTY AND ASSETS
a. The Council owns the freehold interest in the Alexandra Road
and Holloway Street car parks as well as a number of the
residential properties on Holloway Street. The whole site will
continue to be owned by the Council with a long lease or series
of long leases granted to the developer allowing for the
construction of the scheme. The Council will receive a capital
receipt on the grant of the lease and thereafter a share of the
income generated from the development.
(XVII)
CONSULTATION
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a. In July, the developers contacted all of the affected parties
directly inviting owners and occupiers of properties required for
the scheme the opportunity to discuss the proposals and how
their property will be impacted, including identifying any specific
issues relating to the property. A number of meetings have been
held and these will continue throughout the process for those
who have interests in the red line area.
b. All parties with an interest in the CPO Land will be notified of the
intention to commence the CPO process.
(XVIII)
TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
a. Authorisation is sought to make the London Borough of
Hounslow (High Street Quarter) Compulsory Purchase Order
2015. If received, the Order will likely be submitted to the
Secretary of State at the end of March.
17.
Appendices
1.
2.
3.
18.
Draft Statement of Reasons
Draft CPO Schedule
Draft CPO plan
1) Property Development Agreement relating to High Street, Hounslow
2) CPO Strategy Hounslow High Street Quarter
REPORT ENDS
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THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW (HOUNSLOW HIGH STREET QUARTER)
COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2015
SECTION 226(1)(a) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
AND
SECTION 13 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1976
AND
THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981
STATEMENT OF REASONS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW FOR THE MAKING
OF THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
1
INTRODUCTION
1
2
BACKGROUND
3
3
DESCRIPTION OF THE ORDER LAND
7
4
SCHEME DELIVERABILITY
12
5
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS IN RELATION TO THE ORDER LAND
16
6
OTHER COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS AND INITIATIVES
19
7
THE PROPOSALS FOR THE SCHEME
22
8
EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE BY AGREEMENT
25
9
ENABLING POWERS
27
10
THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY PURCHASE
27
11
HUMAN RIGHTS
31
12
EQUALITIES
31
13
OTHER ORDERS
32
14
CONSERVATION AREA AND LISTED BUILDINGS
33
15
SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF LAND
33
16
CONCLUSION
33
17
CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND NEGOTIATION
34
18
DOCUMENTS TO BE REFERRED TO IN THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC INQUIRY
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Contents (i)
1
INTRODUCTION
1.1
The London Borough of Hounslow (the "Council") has made the London Borough of
Hounslow (High Street Quarter) Compulsory Purchase Order 2015 ("the Order") under
section 226(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and section 13 of the Local
Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976. This document is the non-statutory
Statement of Reasons ("Statement") prepared on behalf of the Council in accordance with
Circular 06/04 to explain the reasons and justifications for making the Order.
1.2
The Council has made the Order to secure outstanding interests and associated rights and
thereby facilitate the carrying out of the High Street Quarter regeneration proposals [in
accordance with the following purposes for which the land included in the Order (the "Order
Land") is being acquired:
(a)
facilitate the redevelopment of the Holloway Street and Alexandra Road surface car
parks and other parts of the Order Land as a high quality and vibrant mixed use area
in the heart of the town centre providing a place to shop, be entertained and live;
(b)
improve the physical environment, including enhancing connectivity, within the town
centre (and in particular between the existing Blenheim Centre and the High Street)
by creating a new town centre square
(c)
enable the provision of leisure uses and an enhanced retail offer that will contribute to
strengthening and diversifying the town centre economy, including improving the
night-time economy;
(d)
deliver market and affordable housing in a sustainable location
(the "Scheme").
1.3
The Order has been submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government for confirmation. If confirmed, the Order will enable the Council to acquire
compulsorily the land included in the Order and new rights in order to facilitate the Scheme.
1.4
This Statement explains why the Council considers that, for the purposes of the powers
enabling the Order (detailed in Section 9), the Scheme will contribute to:
(a)
the development, redevelopment or improvement of the Order Land;
(b)
improving the economic and social well-being of Hounslow town centre through the
enhanced retail and leisure offering and additional employment opportunities and the
provision of new mixed tenure housing;
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(c)
the environmental well-being of the area as a consequence of the public realm
improvements facilitated by the Scheme.
1.5
The Order Land is located in Hounslow Town Centre and comprises approximately [**
] hectares of land. The extent of the Order Land is shown on edged red on the Order Map
appended to this Statement.
1.6
The Order Map identifies the Order Land proposed to be acquired (coloured pink) and the
Order Land on, over or under which new rights are to be acquired (coloured blue). These are
annexed to this Statement.
1.7
The total area of land to be acquired is [**
over [**
] square metres. New rights are sought
] square metres of land. The land proposed to be compulsorily acquired
and the new rights sought, is set out in greater detail in section 3.
1.8
The Council currently own the freehold interest in the Holloway Street and Alexandra Road
car parks together with the following residential properties, all of which fall within the CPO
Plan boundary:
1.9
(a)
21 Holloway Street
(b)
23 Holloway Street
(c)
27 Holloway Street
(d)
29 Holloway Street
(e)
31 Holloway Street
(f)
33 Holloway Street
(g)
37 Holloway Street
(h)
39 Holloway Street
(i)
41 Holloway Street
(j)
43 Holloway Street
(k)
45 Holloway Street
(l)
47 Holloway Street
A copy of this Statement, the Order and the accompanying maps and background documents
are available for inspection at the times locations and locations detailed below:
(i)
London Borough of Hounslow Offices, Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow TW3
4DN (Monday to Friday 9am-5pm)
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(ii)
Hounslow ] Library, [Treaty Centre, High Street, Hounslow, TW3 1ES] (Mon (9:30am
– 5:30pm), Tues (9:30am – 8pm), Weds (9:30am – 5:30pm) , Thurs (9:30am – 8pm),
Fri 9:30am – 5:30pm), Sat (9:30am – 5:30pm),), Sun (11:30am – 4pm),
1.10
It is also available to view at www.hounslow.gov.uk.
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BACKGROUND
2.1
Town Centre Vision and Needs
2.1.1
The regeneration of Hounslow Town Centre and been a long standing aspiration of the
Council. Planning policy has been adopted by the Council which underpins its Town Centre
vision (see further Section 5) and it is a corporate objective and priority to facilitate the Town
Centre's redevelopment.
2.1.2
The Council has identified the High Street Quarter as playing an integral role in the
regeneration of the Town Centre. There has been a lack of retail and leisure development in
the Town Centre in recent years resulting in a shortage of larger units suitable for modern
retailers. The Town Centre offer has been limited by this and trade has been lost to
competing centres.
2.1.3
Whilst the Town Centre's has strengths in terms of the Treaty Centre, a library and good
public transport accessibility, it lacks a focus and has limited leisure facilities. That is
reflected in the existing development plan policies for the Town Centre:
(a)
Policy IMP.2.2 („Regeneration of Hounslow Town Centre‟) of the Unitary
Development Plan (adopted December 2003, UDP), which set regeneration
objectives for Hounslow town centre. Para 2.11 of the policy reasons state that
Hounslow will continue to be vulnerable to improvements in other centres and any
new out of centre development without investment, in particular to extend the
shopping and leisure offer in the centre.
(b)
UDP Proposals Site M8 (now the High Street Quarter site) is identified as providing
the opportunity to accommodate a mixed use development comprising new retail,
commercial, residential and leisure facilities and a town square.
2.1.4
Since the UDP was adopted, phase 1 of the Blenheim Centre development was completed in
2006 and whilst this delivered new residential and retail space to the town centre, it did not
deliver the consented multiplex cinema, leisure and recreational facilities, town square, and
restaurants which all formed part of phase 2 of the development. The retail space delivered
within phase 1 is predominately convenience shopping floor space (occupied by ASDA) and,
by itself, does not deliver the quantum of comparison goods and leisure accommodation that
is required to strengthen Hounslow Town Centre‟s role as a major shopping, commercial,
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leisure and social activity centre. The expansion of leisure and entertainment uses was
recognised by UDP Policy IMP2.2 as being of particular importance in the development of the
town centre‟s role outside shopping and working hours.
2.1.5
Taking into consideration population growth, spending habits and the growth of e-tailing, the
Council's Retail Needs Study (Update for Hounslow (January 2013, RNS) identified that there
is a requirement in Hounslow town centre for additional comparison goods space (i.e. retail
only, excluding leisure) of between 8,800 sq. m. and 17,200 sq. m. (gross) in the period to
2021. The large range in requirement reflects three scenarios:
(a)
a constant market share (9,600 sq. m.), in which it is assumed the Town Centre
maintains its existing market share;
(b)
an adjusted market share (8,800 sq. m.) reflecting the estimated impact of major new
schemes on the Town Centre‟s market share;
(c)
an aspirational market share (17,200 sq. m.) in which it is assumed that Hounslow
town centre achieves a fair and equitable distribution of retail provision against other
boroughs.
2.1.6
The RNS also identified that Hounslow Town Centre is under-trading. The Town Centre
Health Check (2011) reported that:
“Overall, Hounslow Town Centre includes a fair range of retailers, but falls short of those that
are present in more strongly performing town centres such as Kingston or Ealing. Hounslow
lacks a standard Marks & Spencer and major fashion retailers such as Next, Gap, H&M and
Office….It is expected that the range and quality of comparison retail in Hounslow Town
Centre will be enhanced as a result of the regeneration initiatives taking place and future
redevelopment”.
2.1.7
With changing shopping habits, the provision of a quality leisure offer is increasingly important
in creating a healthy town centre. A high quality offer of cafés, restaurants and other leisure
facilities such as a cinema and bars provide visitors to the Town Centre with a comprehensive
offer that improves dwell time and retail spend. At present the leisure offer in the Town
Centre is limited, particularly in the primary retail area with the Town Centre Health Check
(2011) recording that the representation of non-A1 retail units in the primary frontage is very
low.
2.1.8
Hounslow Town Centre currently lacks a multiplex cinema and restaurant offer, with the
nearest multiplex cinema being sited roughly 3.5 miles away in Feltham. Local residents
must currently travel to Feltham to visit a cinema and without an anchor leisure destination
the evening trade in the Town Centre is minimal.
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2.1.9
Hounslow Town Centre has a significant under representation of national retail and restaurant
operators by comparison to towns with similar catchment populations. Except for the
Blenheim Centre, which opened in 2006 comprising a large Asda foodstore, with an ancillary
retail and leisure offer, Hounslow Town Centre has not seen a significant retail, or, leisure
development since the Treaty Centre in 1987, which has resulted in a shortage of larger
format units suitable for modern retailers. Next and H&M have recently opened new stores in
the Treaty Centre, through the creation of two larger format units within the envelope of an
existing building and there is an identified need for additional retail floorspace within
Hounslow Town Centre.
2.1.10 The Town Centre's retail and leisure offer therefore needs to be revitalised to protect its
vitality and viability and maintain its position relative to neighbouring Metropolitan Town
Centres
2.2
Housing Needs
2.2.1
Against a background of a significant need for new homes in London, Policy 3.3 (Increase
Housing Supply) of the London Plan (Revised Early Minor Alterations, October 2013) states
that every appropriate opportunity should be taken to maximise the provision of residential
development with London boroughs. It goes on to identify that „at least‟ an annual average of
32,210 net additional homes should be provided across London. The Mayor therefore
supports the provision of housing over and above this level.
2.2.2
For Hounslow, the „minimum‟ ten year target is set at 4,750. The Draft Further Alterations to
the London Plan [to be adopted March 2015] (FALP) set a minimum ten year target for
additional housing supply in the London and the figure for the Borough of Hounslow is
updated from 4,750 as above, to 8,222 homes, with an annual monitoring target of 822
homes.
2.2.3
Whilst the Council‟s latest Annual Monitoring Report (2012-13) highlights that the estimated
capacity for allocated sites and other sources across the Borough will exceed the 2011
London Plan minimum target over the plan period, it does not address the position with
respect to the higher FALP requirement. Uncertainties over delivery make it particularly
difficult to predict, with any accuracy, when some sites, particularly the larger ones, are likely
to come forward. In these circumstances, and against the background of the policies of the
NPPF and the London Plan, there is clear policy requirement to deliver new homes
particularly in central sustainable locations where they are co-located with a mix of uses.
2.3
Opportunity
2.3.1
The Town Centre Health Check [2011] describes the Holloway Street and Alexandra Road
car parks as an area of poor environmental quality. Whilst the provision of adequate parking
is vital to the prosperity of a town centre, surface car parks in dense and highly populated
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urban town centres are an underutilisation of land, particularly when contrast with the Town
Centre‟s need for additional retail, leisure and housing accommodation and the ability to
continue to provide parking on site though more efficient land use, in this case through the
creation of a basement car park.
2.3.2
The Scheme provides the opportunity for Hounslow Town Centre to be substantially
regenerated and it is anticipated that the development will act as a catalyst for further
regeneration in the town and surrounding area. Consumer and investor confidence in
Hounslow and the town centre in particular will be enhanced.
2.3.3
The Council's evidence base for the submission Hounslow Local Plan confirms that the
comprehensive development of the Order Land provides the opportunity to:
(a)
create a modern shopping environment with enhanced consumer choice of where to
shop;
(b)
provide improved leisure opportunities in the Town Centre, including a modern
cinema and family orientated restaurants, integrated within the shopping experience
and adding to the attraction of the town centre, which encouraging dwell time,
additional spend and providing a higher degree of attraction for families;
(c)
deliver a high quality and vibrant area in the heart of the town centre, that through the
creation of a new multi-purpose public space provides the opportunity for formal and
informal gatherings, places for events and markets, and spaces for sitting, resting,
relaxing and play;
(d)
Improve pedestrian movements through the town centre by maximising permeability
through the Order Land and from integration with the High Street;
(e)
Provide private and affordable housing units that are built to lifetime homes standards
and meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes meeting housing need;
(f)
st
The promotion of a well-designed development that meets the needs of 21 century
urban living and contributes positively to the character of the area.
2.3.4
Comprehensive development will contribute to addressing the critical needs of Hounslow
Town Centre to allow it to compete effectively with neighbouring towns and out of centre
destination such as Kingston, Richmond, Feltham, Staines, Ealing, Uxbridge and Westfield in
White City.
2.3.5
The proposed development will allow Hounslow Town Centre to offer a better retail and
leisure choice for consumers in a town centre location that is well served by all methods of
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transportation and deliver much-needed housing, including the delivery of a significant
provision of affordable units.
2.4
Recent Planning History
2.4.1
The Council granted planning permission (ref: 00616/F/P5) for the development of the whole
of the High Street Quarter site, including the Order Land of the now constructed Blenheim
Centre on 31 July 2002. Together the sites were known as Key Site 1.
2.4.2
The consented Scheme was for a mixed redevelopment including a multiplex cinema, leisure
and recreation facilities, a town square, a large retail unit, other shops, restaurants, offices, an
hotel, a health and fitness centre, a crèche, a medical and dentistry centre, 334 private and
150 key worker flats, and changes to public transport and surrounding access routes.
2.4.3
These changes included a new link road from the High Street through the former C&A site
and then extending Prince Regent Road to join a new east-west „spine‟ road, which would
roughly divide the development in half, and a pedestrian walkway to Hounslow Central
Station.
2.4.4
Key Site 1, for purposes of construction phasing, was split into two sections for development,
known as Phase 1 and Phase 2.
2.4.5
Phase 1 (the Blenheim Centre) has been constructed as approved. The large retail store,
ASDA, comprising some 6,500m² has been occupied and in operation since November 2006.
The 484 residential units constructed above the retail and leisure elements are completed.
2.4.6
As a result of the economic downturn, Phase 2 has not been constructed, but (as approved in
2002) consisted of the following elements:
(a)
28,956m² of office (B1) floorspace;
(b)
14,702m² of retail (A1, A2 and A3) floorspace;
(c)
4,600m² leisure cinema (D1) floorspace; and
(d)
other associated uses, including public toilets and archive storage.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE ORDER LAND
3.1
Extent and Nature of Rights
3.1.1
The Order Maps show the freehold and leasehold interests to be compulsorily acquired. The
Order Maps have been carefully delineated to ensure the land and rights to be acquired are
only what is required to facilitate the delivery of the Scheme.
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3.1.2
As well as securing the land necessary to deliver the Scheme, new rights are also necessary
to ensure the Developer has the ability to construct the Scheme. These new rights are being
created under Section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and
the affected parts of the Order Land are shown coloured blue on the Order Map.
3.1.3
The main purpose of the new rights is to provide the Developer with all rights reasonably
needed to facilitate the construction of the Scheme. The new rights are described in greater
detail in the Schedule to the Order, but can be summarised as follows:
(a)
to enable access to land (with or without vehicles) for the purposes of demolition,
construction and future activities such as maintenance and renewal for the purposes
of constructing the Scheme and its on-going management;
(b)
to oversail land with loaded or unloaded cranes;
(c)
to erect and use scaffolding and hoardings;
(d)
to carry out works to and modify service media;
(e)
to carry out works to and modify plant equipment;
(f)
to alter or remove fire escapes (either on a permanent or temporary basis) whilst
always providing an alternative means of escape;
(g)
to access land for the purposes of delivering and removing plant and machinery;
(h)
to construct temporary means of access and egress to adjoining properties.
3.1.4
The new rights are described in greater detail in the Schedule of Rights.
3.2
Land Referencing
3.2.1
The Council instructed independent agents to carry out the referencing exercise. The actions
taken by the agents to investigate title and occupier details for inclusion in the Order included:
(a)
Land registry searches;
(b)
Service of Section 16 Requisitions for Information on behalf of the Council (issued on
15 January 2015) and review of information returned in response;
(c)
3.2.2
Site inspections.
Overall, the square metreage the subject of acquisition or over which new rights are proposed
are [Persona: confirm area]
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3.2.3
The referencing exercise has been under constant review and subject to updating up until the
date the Order was made. It is considered the Schedule is therefore as accurate as it can be
based on diligent inquiries on behalf of the Council.
Interests to be acquired
3.3
The interests which are included in the Order land can be classified under four categories:
(a)
Category 1: Acquisition of Entire Property
(b)
Category 2: Acquisition of Part of a Property
(c)
Category 3: New Rights Acquired
(d)
Category 4: Relocation of Car Parking Spaces
(e)
Category 5: Potential Interference with Rights enjoyed by neighbouring properties
3.4
Category 1: Acquisition of entire property
3.4.1
The Scheme centres on the Holloway Street and Alexandra Road car parks, two interlinked
Council owned and operated surfaced car parks which currently provide 420 spaces. The car
parks make up [**
3.4.2
]% of the development site.
On the eastern side of Holloway Street, opposite the car park, are nineteen Victorian twostorey dwelling houses. Twelve of these houses are owned by the Council having been
acquired, and/or are held, for planning purposes.
3.4.3
Of these twelve properties, seven are currently managed by Omega Housing who have
undertaken modernisation works so the accommodation can be utilised as temporary housing
for homeless people whilst the land assembly process for the Scheme is completed. The
remaining properties are used by the Council as temporary accommodation.
3.4.4
The following properties are currently outside the Council‟s ownership:
(a)
11 Holloway Street – a three-bedroom house [plot 50]
(b)
(c)
(d)
17 Holloway Street – a two-bedroom house [plot 47]
(e)
(f)
(g)
35 Holloway Street – a two-bedroom house [plot 37].
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3.4.5
In addition to the residential properties on Holloway Street there are three commercial
properties on the High Street that need to be acquired for the Scheme. A key part of the
Scheme is to improve connectivity between the Blenheim Centre and the High Street thus
ensuring that the new development becomes part of the town centre as opposed to an area
that detracts from the existing High Street and Treaty Centre. To improve connectivity, the
pedestrian footpath that sits between 174 and 178 High Street (Smithy Lane) needs to be
widened and be incorporated within the Scheme to create a level of continuity with the High
Street‟s retail offer.
3.4.6
The following retail properties on the High Street which are included within the Order are:
(a)
174 High Street – a three storey property comprising of retail accommodation on the
ground floor and office accommodation on the two upper floors. The property is
owned by Mantle Investments Ltd. The retail accommodation was previously
occupied by Internacionale, a women‟s fashion retailer that went into administration in
February 2014 with all stores within the group ceasing trading in June 2014. The
retail accommodation is currently vacant but is currently being fitted out by
Specsavers for their occupation. The office accommodation is occupied by Bhogal
Partners solicitors. [Plot 9].
(b)
178 High Street – a two storey property comprising of retail accommodation on the
ground floor and two residential flats on the first floor that is owned by Toplain
Limited. The ground floor retail accommodation is occupied by ITS Convenience
Store with the upper floor accommodation forming two residential apartments. [Plot
10].
(c)
180 High Street– a two storey property comprising of retail accommodation on the
ground floor and ancillary accommodation on the first floor that is owned by Toplain
Limited. The property is occupied by The Body Shop. [Plot 10].
3.4.7
Situated to the north-west of Alexandra Road Car Park is a rectangular parcel of land which is
configured to provide 100 surface car parking spaces. The freehold of the land is in the
ownership of Legal and General Assurance Society Limited (L&G), the developers of the
Blenheim Centre, with all of the car parking spaces sold on long leases to the owners of
residential property within the Blenheim Centre. The leases, which are for the surface of the
car parking space (and space above to a height of 2.05m), contain a „lift and shift‟ provision
allowing for the landlord to relocate the car parking space without the tenant‟s consent
providing it is within 250m of the Blenheim Centre entrance.
3.4.8
The portion of Prince Regent Road extending from its junction at Alexandra Road and its
junction with Matisse Road is currently a private road in the ownership of L&G. L&G have
been in discussions with the Council regarding the adoption of the road but, to date, an
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agreement has not been reached in respect of the works that need to be undertaken in
advance of any adoption. Owners and occupiers of the accommodation within the scheme
will require uninterrupted access along the road and therefore the road has been included
within the Order. The acquisition relates to the surface and subsoil of the roadway.
3.5
3.5.1
Category 2: Acquisition of part of property
To create an integrated scheme that maximises the development opportunity, a shared
service yard would need to be created which would be utilised by 164-172 High Street and
the retail/ leisure units within the Scheme. To facilitate the creation of this shared service yard
the land to the rear of 164-172 High Street needs to be acquired. At present, with the
exception of 166 High Street, the land to the rear of these properties is used for car parking,
servicing of the retail units and for access/egress to/from the upper residential parts. The land
to the rear of 166 High Street is used as a private garden. No part of the building that relates
to individual properties is to be purchased; the acquisition relates to the rear land only.
3.5.2
The Royal Mail Group have a delivery office located to the east of the Holloway Street
houses. [Plot 30]. Delivery vehicles accessing the delivery office enter via Matisse Road and
exit via a service road that lies immediately to the north of 47 Holloway Street. There is also a
pedestrian footpath alongside the service road which provides public access to the collection
office. A portion of the service road is included within the Order to allow it to be integrated
within the new service yard for Block D. The Scheme will require the construction of a new
ramp providing access to Prince Regent Street for Royal Mail Group delivery vehicles.
3.5.3
Prince Regent Road [Plot **
] is a private road. Access would be required for
RMG's revised egress arrangement, some servicing traffic and residential parking traffic. The
acquisition relates to the surface and subsoil of the roadway. The Council will continue to
work towards achieving dedication and adoption of this land to make its acquisition
unnecessary.
3.6
Category 3: New Rights Acquired
3.6.1
The acquisition of new rights over land is also necessary in order to ensure the Developer has
the ability to deliver the Scheme. Rights will be secured over the area of land to the rear of
180-196 High Street to allow for the construction of the Scheme and to ensure continued
pedestrian access to all parts of the High Street properties during the works. The acquisition
of rights over land relates to the rear yards of the properties only and the buildings will be
unaffected. These rear yards are all used for car parking and servicing.
3.7
A list of the rights required is at 3.1.3.
3.8
Category 4: Relocation of car parking spaces
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3.8.1
There are 100 car parking spaces in the north-west corner of the Alexandra Road Car Park
that are individually leased to owners of residential properties within the Blenheim Centre.
The leases contain a „lift and shift‟ provision allowing the landlord to relocate the car parking
spaces providing that they are within 250m of the entrance foyer.
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3.9
Category 5: Potential interference with Rights enjoyed by neighbouring properties
3.9.1
GIA have carried out of a preliminary assessment of the extent to which the Scheme (once
built) may impact on natural daylight of properties within the vicinity of the Order Land. That
assessment identified some properties whose daylight may be affected, albeit not adversely.
Section 12 (2A) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 identifies a "qualifying person" in relation
to land comprised in an order as being" a person the acquiring authority thinks is likely to be
entitled to make a relevant claim if the order is confirmed and the compulsory purchase takes
place"
3.9.2
Section 12 (2B) goes on to state that a "relevant claim" is a claim for compensation under
Section 10 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
3.10
As a precautionary measure, the Council has therefore included in Table 2 those properties
that may have a claim under section 10 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965. These
properties lie outside of the boundary of the Order Land and are not subject to any form of
acquisition, nor is any new right being sought in respect of these properties. Given it is the
entirety of the Development, as built, which may give rise to a claim for compensation, column
(4) of Table 2, has been referenced to refer to "All Plots".
3.10.1 For the avoidance of doubt, the inclusion of these properties is not an acknowledgement or
acceptance that compensation is payable. Rather, these properties are being included in the
Schedule given the requirements of S12 (2A) of the Order Land Acquisition Act 1981. The
Council is satisfied that it has undertaken all reasonable enquiries to ensure that the Schedule
to the Order is as accurate as possible.
4
SCHEME DELIVERABILITY
4.1
Development Agreement
4.1.1
Having identified the High Street Quarter as a priority for comprehensive redevelopment, the
Council sought to procure a development partner. This was pursued by means of an EUcompliant procurement process using the Negotiated Procedure. An OJEU notice advertising
the opportunity was placed on 22 April 2013 (with a Prior Information Notice having been
posted on 12 March).
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4.1.2
The Council selected BDW Trading Ltd (BDW) - the principal housebuilding trading company
for Barratt Developments Plc - as its preferred development partner at a Cabinet meeting in
November 2013. A Development Agreement between the parties was completed on 11
March 2014 (Development Agreement).
4.1.3
The Development Agreement is a conditional agreement with BDW under obligation to deliver
the specified scheme, subject to some limited flexibility and procedures for Council approval
of changes. The Agreement is subject to satisfaction of a number of conditions including:
(a)
Securing of detailed planning consent;
(b)
Acquisition of land required for the development;
(c)
Confirmation of any necessary Highways Orders;
(d)
Pre-letting of an agreed quantum of commercial floorspace (60% of the GIA of the
retail and commercial units);
4.1.4
(e)
Provision of evidence of funding;
(f)
Demonstration of viability;
(g)
Satisfactory Ground Conditions.
There are longstop dates relating to the individual conditions. Once land assembly and
planning conditions are satisfied, BDW have a further 12 months to satisfy pre-let and funding
conditions.
4.1.5
Upon satisfaction of all the Conditions Precedent, BDW is obliged to commence the
Development of the prescribed scheme in accordance with an agreed programme and to use
its reasonable endeavours to complete the Development as a whole in 4 years, and in any
event within 8 years. This longstop date is subject to extensions by reason of force majeure.
4.1.6
The Scheme will be delivered in phases which will be sequential, and in some instances
concurrent. There is an ability for BDW to pause the commencement of a subsequent phase
for a maximum period of 3 years if there is a substantial fall in residential sales values,
measured from the date of the contract going unconditional. BDW are obliged to complete
any phase once it is commenced regardless of any falls in value during construction.
4.2
Developer role and funding
4.2.1
Barratt Developments Plc have provided a Parent Company Guarantee to the Council of
BDW‟s obligations under the Development Agreement and CPO Indemnity Agreement [dated
TBC – before Order made], subject to agreed financial caps on the guarantor‟s liability.
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4.2.2
Utilising the residential and commercial development expertise within Barratt Development
Plc, the Scheme will be delivered jointly by Barratt London Limited (the business unit
responsible for delivering Barratt‟s London schemes) and Wilson Bowden Developments
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barratt Developments Plc, focussed on commercial
property development.
4.2.3
Barratt London Limited are responsible for the residential component of the Scheme and has
extensive experience of delivering residential-led mixed use development in London, with a
proven track record of delivery for schemes of this nature and scale. Its recent experience
includes:
(a)
The Great West Quarter, Brentford : 897 residential units, hotels, offices and retail
space
(b)
St Andrew’s, Bromley-by-Bow : Partnership with GLA on the redevelopment of St
Andrews Hospital to deliver 964 new homes, a new health centre, community building
and open space
(c)
Renaissance, Lewisham : A collaboration with London Borough of Lewisham,
Renaissance is a mixed use scheme providing 788 homes and a recently opened
new leisure centre.
(d)
Fulham Wharf : Joint Venture with Sainsbury‟s delivering a new Sainsbury‟s
foodstore and 465 apartments.
(e)
Dalston Square : In partnership with the GLA and London Borough of Hackney,
Dalston Square provides 550 new homes, new station, new public square, shops,
restaurants and library.
4.2.4
Wilson Bowden Developments Limited are responsible for the commercial components of the
scheme and have many years of experience and a solid proven track record of delivering
schemes of this nature. WBD are major commercial property developers and have
undertaken town centre developments in:
(a)
Wrexham: a mixed use town centre regeneration delivered in partnership with
Wrexham County Borough Council. The scheme provides c.400,000 sq ft of retail
and leisure floorspace including a department store, cinema and 48 residential units.
(b)
Royal Leamington Spa: development at Regent Court, which is located in the
conservation area and includes the restoration of the Grade II* Listed Regent Hotel.
It also comprises 12,000 sq ft of retail and leisure floorspace, together with 132
apartments.
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(c)
Bishops Stortford : a mixed use town centre regeneration delivered in partnership
with East Hertfordshire District Council. Jackson Square provides 100,000 sq ft of
new retail floorspace in Bishops Stortford town centre, together with 190 residential
units and restaurants.
(d)
Harlow: a joint venture with Harlow Council and English Partnerships, The Water
Gardens delivered a major mixed use regeneration in Harlow Town Centre, including
a foodstore, retail, restaurant and leisure accommodation and new Civic Offices.
(e)
Hinckley: Joint Venture with Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council and extensive
site assembly supported by CPO. The Crescent is currently under construction and
upon completion will provide a Sainsbury‟s foodstore, Cineworld cinema and a range
of retail and restaurant units.
4.2.5
The funding strategy intends the development to be funded from Group cash resources,
which may be augmented by the addition of external senior debt or institutional funding. As
the main trading company of Barratt Development plc, BDW has the cash resources and
balance sheet to promote and deliver this project and is capable of financing the total
development costs. All the funding to date has been provided from the cash resources of
BDW and the commitment to date exceeds £1,900,000. At June 2014, BDW reported a
Group total equity of £3,354,000,000
4.2.6
The proposed timetable (assuming a confirmed CPO) for the delivery of the scheme is as
follows:
(a)
Planning permission granted – September 2015
(b)
Key pre-lets exchange contracts – February 2015
(c)
Main construction works commence – February 2017
(d)
Cinema Practical Completion – February 2019
(e)
Cinema Opening – August 2019
(f)
Scheme Completion – September 2020
4.3
CPO Indemnity Agreement
4.3.1
The Developer has entered into an indemnity agreement with the Council which covers all
costs associated with the making, confirmation and implementation of the Order. The costs
covered by the Developer under the Indemnity Agreement include:
(a)
all advice and assistance to the Council by appointed specialist advisors;
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(b)
legal costs of the Council (including any time spent by external legal advisors, agents
and advisors);
(c)
payments for any compensation, acquisition costs (including those resulting from a
blight notice) and disturbance payments; and
(d)
other relevant Order related costs including all costs, fees and expenses relating to
any public inquiry in respect of the Order.
4.3.2
In light of the provisions contained in the Indemnity Agreement the Council is satisfied that
adequate funding is available to enable it to complete the compulsory acquisition under the
Order and meet statutory compensation claims together with all resource costs associated
with making the Order.
5
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS IN RELATION TO THE ORDER LAND
5.1
The Order Land is noted as an important area within the Town Centre, this being the
interchange between the station, primary and secondary retail areas. It currently suffers from
a poor environment. Improving the accessibility and public realm in this area is a key
objective of the Council.
5.2
The Scheme, as part of the planning process, will be considered against the following
planning policy and guidance:
(a) The National Planning Policy Framework, Ministerial policy statements and
associated guidance;
(b) UDP Saved Policies;
(c) Other material planning documents, including the emerging Local Plan and evidence
base.
5.3
National Policy
5.3.1
The National Planning Policy Framework ("NPPF") does not form part of the adopted
development plan, it does however provide guidance on planning at a national level and is a
material consideration for planning purposes. The NPPF promotes the role of town centres,
stating that town centres should be recognised as the heart of their communities. Local
authorities are required to pursue policies to support the viability and vitality of town centres.
This includes promoting competitive town centres that provide customer choice and a diverse
retail offer which reflects the individuality of town centres (paragraph 23). In particular, the
NPPF promotes the preference for main town centre uses to be located in town centres
(paragraph 24).
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5.3.2
The National Planning Policy Guidance "Ensuring the Vitality of Town Centre" supports the
strengthening and promotion of town centres, it states:
"Local planning authorities should plan positively, to support town centres to generate local
employment, promote beneficial competition within and between town centres, and create
attractive, diverse places where people want to live, visit and work." (paragraph 001)
5.3.3
National guidance therefore encourages development of town centres, particularly where it
will breed competition with neighbouring town centres and promote choice for the consumer.
5.3.4
The NPPF emphasises that local planning authorities should "boost significantly the supply of
housing", ensuring "that their Local Plan meets the full, objectively assessed needs for market
and affordable housing in the housing market area" (paragraph 47). The NPPF is strongly in
favour of providing housing where is it needed, stating that applications should be considered
in the "context of the presumption in favour of sustainable development" (paragraph 49).
5.3.5
The Ministerial Statement on Planning For Growth (March 2011) is material to planning
decisions and emphasises that local authorities should make "every effort to identify and meet
the housing, business and other development needs of their areas, and respond positively to
wider opportunities for growth".
5.4
Development Plan Documents
London Borough of Hounslow Unitary Development Plan (UDP Saved Policies)
5.4.1
The Order Land falls within the Main Shopping Area (Policy S.1.1]) and within Proposal Site
M8. Objective IMP.2 of the Saved Policies of the adopted UDP is:
To encourage development (or measures) that regenerate or enhance the vitality, viability and
character of the town centres at Brentford, Hounslow, Feltham and Chiswick in terms of their
local environment, community facilities, shopping, employment, housing, traffic management,
public transport and general accessibility.
5.4.2
Policy S.1.1, relating to Town Centres, states:
The Council will seek to maintain and enhance the main shopping areas (Hounslow,
Chiswick, Feltham, Brentford, Hounslow West and Bedfont - see Shopping Hierarchy Table
S.1) by allowing expansion of shopping facilities and resisting non-retail uses in inappropriate
locations (See Policies S.1.2, S.1.3 and S.1.4). All proposals will be considered having regard
to the existing hierarchy of centres within the Borough and West London generally.
5.4.3
Site specific UDP Proposal M8 reads:
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Permission has been granted in 2002 for the comprehensive redevelopment of Key Site 1
with the erection of a mixed use development comprising multiplex cinema, leisure and
recreational facilities, town square, large retail unit, shops, restaurants, offices, hotel, health
and fitness centre, crèche, medical and dentistry centre, private residential and key worker
residential together with improvements to surrounding access routes and improvements to
public transport including a new pedestrian link to Hounslow Central Underground Station and
new access roads to the site, and the construction of car parks, access and service roads and
landscaping.
5.4.4
Policy IMP.2.2 of the UDP identifies the need to bring forward the regeneration of the Town
Centre in order to promote and enhance its position at the principal retail centre in the
Borough and West London through attracting investment in new retail, business, leisure and
residential development in the centre.. The expansion of leisure and entertainment uses is
identified as particularly important in the development of the town centre‟s role outside
shopping and working hours.
The London Plan
5.4.5
Hounslow is identified in the London Plan (2011) as a Metropolitan Town Centre that is
identified as having medium growth and regeneration potential. The London Plan identifies
Hounslow as a town centre where the existing capacity can be utilised to achieve
regeneration objectives including physical, environmental and economic renewal.
5.4.6
The London Plan recognises that town centres can provide key focal points for regeneration
policies and initiatives and that a wide range of uses enhance the vitality and viability of a
town centre. Leisure uses are identified as being contributors to London‟s evening economy
and ensuring that town centres remain lively beyond shopping hours. Higher density
residential uses which capitalise on their public transport accessibility are also recognised as
enhancing footfall, vitality and viability of a town centre.
5.4.7
The classification of Hounslow as a Metropolitan Town Centre which has medium growth and
regeneration potential is maintained in the Mayor‟s published Draft Further Alterations to the
London Plan (FALP) which is to beadopted in March 2015.
5.4.8
The Order Land is therefore a key location for new retail and leisure-led development and one
that, given the site's prominent location, will make a positive contribution to people's
experience and perception of Hounslow Town Centre.
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6
OTHER COUNCIL PUBLICATIONS AND INITIATIVES
6.1
Corporate Plan
6.1.1
The Council's Corporate Plan, sets out the Council's priority themes, visions and activities
over a 5 year period, the current Corporate Plan runs from 2014 to 2019.
6.1.2
Considerable public engagement and consultation has taken place in order to identity the
main themes and objectives of the Council's Corporate Plan. The future economic prosperity
of the town and the redevelopment of the town centre was identified as the most important
project to maintain.
6.1.3
The Corporate Plan identifies the Council's Priority Themes and Aims for Hounslow. The
following are relevant for the purposes of the Order:
(a)
Objective: Good Quality Homes and jobs
To make sure good quality homes and jobs are provided for residents, to support
economic growth and improving town centres, the Council has promised to:
Regenerate Hounslow and Brentford town centres and the „Golden Mile‟;
Ensure major developments provide significant amounts of affordable housing;
Improve the range, mix and use of social housing to reduce overcrowding.
(b)
Objective: An ambitious council delivering quality services and value for
money
To deliver quality services and value for money, the Council has promised to:
Boost our independent sources of income through more commercial ventures
and a commercial property portfolio that meets the needs of business.
(c)
Objective: Keeping you safe
To make Hounslow a safe borough, the Council promises to:
Make homes safe and secure reducing fires and burglaries;
Design out crime in new developments.
6.2
Masterplan
6.2.1
A draft masterplan for Hounslow Town Centre was prepared by the Council in partnership
with BDP Architects and published for consultation with the community in February 2012.
Following wider public consultation and in partnership with major town centre stakeholders,
the masterplan was revised in response to feedback received and the revised proposals were
available to view and comment during May and June 2013. The masterplan was formally
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published by the Council in December 2013 ('the Masterplan') so that it could be used as a
formal evidence base document for the emerging Local Plan.
6.2.2
The Masterplan identified the Order Land as Opportunity Site 1 (High Street Quarter) in which
the overarching objective was the “delivery of a high quality and vibrant area within the heart
of the town centre providing a place to shop, be entertained and live that is seamlessly
integrated with the High Street”. The Masterplan identifies the Holloway Street and Alexandra
Road surface car parks, the terrace of Holloway Street houses and two parades of retail
properties fronting the High Street as a mixed used development opportunity. It also
emphasises the importance of securing greater connectivity in the context of the functioning
of the town centre as a whole.
6.2.3
Section 2 of the Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan sets out the context for redevelopment of
Hounslow town centre. Section 3.1 of the Masterplan in particular positions Hounslow in
relation to other town centres of a similar scale. This demonstrates that on a number of key
factors Hounslow performs below the level of a strongly performing town centres on a number
of key measures – retail, cultural activities, public realm quality, public open space, office
start-ups, evening economy, leisure and town centre living. This is translated in the
masterplan objective 1 which includes commitments to diversify the town centre economy and
enhance the quality of the existing retail offer.
6.3
Emerging Local Plan
6.3.1
The Draft Local Plan, which was submitted to the Secretary of State for examination by an
th
independent Inspector on the 20 August 2014, allocates the majority of the Order Land (as
Site 39: High Street Quarter) for mixed use development with leisure, commercial (retail) and
residential uses with car parking. The Draft Local Plan states that the Order Land plays an
integral role in the regeneration of Hounslow Town Centre.
6.3.2
The draft Local Plan notes that the High Street Quarter was identified in the draft London
SHLAA 2013 as having potential housing capacity throughout the plan period. Whilst the
document provides no indication of an appropriate scale or quantum of residential
accommodation, the GLA (through the FALP) has recently imposed upon Hounslow a target
to build some 12,700 additional homes between 2015 and 2030, with the majority of these
being in Brentford and Hounslow Town Centres.
6.3.3
Policy TC2 „Ensuring the Future Viability of Town Centres‟ of the Emerging Local Plan states
that the Council will promote the regeneration of town centres with a particular emphasis on
Hounslow and Brentford. In accordance with HTC Masterplan, under Criterion b) of policy
TC2, Hounslow is promoted as a shopping destination with the High Street Quarter site
identified specifically as a focus for retail, leisure and entertainment development. The
justification to policy TC2 (para 3.5) identifies that Hounslow underperforms in terms of its
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position in the town centre hierarchy due to more a limited retail, leisure and evening
economy offer.
6.3.4
The Retail Needs Study from January 2013 identifies a projected need for new comparison
and convenience floorspace across the Borough up to 2030. The Study concludes that
Hounslow Town Centre has the greatest need and capacity to accommodate additional retail
space. Accordingly, the Local Plan has identified appropriate development sites to
accommodate retail need up to 2030. This includes the Hounslow High Street Quarter.
6.3.5
Development of the High Street Quarter is anticipated to be phased over a ten year period
from 2015 to 2025. The Order Land assessment recognises several constraints to potential
development of the site, namely its location within an Archaeological Priority Area and an
LEQ Noise Contour. These will be addressed through the planning process.
6.4
6.4.1
Other initiatives
The improvement of the area has been a combined initiative of the Council and GLA for some
time.
6.4.2
The Outer London Fund (OLF), launched by the Mayor in June 2011, is a three-year initiative
dedicated to strengthening the vibrancy and growth of London‟s high streets and town
centres. At the core of the initiative is funding of up to £50 million for Outer London boroughs
to bid for in two rounds to improve the character, quality and economic vitality of their high
streets and town centres.
6.4.3
In 2011, Hounslow Town Centre was awarded £500,000 in Round 1 of the Outer London
Fund for a programme of shop front improvements, events, and street markets. In 2012,
Hounslow Town Centre received a further £2m in Round 2 for projects:
(a)
Installation of new paving, lighting, seating and street trees;
(b)
Refurbishment of the high street for new market stalls in specially allocated areas;
(c)
Opening of Bell Square on Bell Road as an outdoor performance place;
(d)
Church Square to be used an outdoor performance space along with a new war
memorial;
6.4.4
(e)
Revamp of shop fronts in Hounslow;
(f)
Major and outdoor celebrations in and around the High Street.
The OLF funded projects will improve the pedestrian experience of the High Street which is
on the doorstep of the future residents, visitors, shoppers and users of the High Street
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Quarter. The projects also serve as a catalyst for change and to attract investment in the
town centre to enhance its viability and vitality that will benefit the High Street Quarter.
6.4.5
It is considered therefore, that as well as meeting the Council's planning policy for the Town
Centre, the Scheme also contributes to a number of the Council's Corporate aspirations for
the town centre, local economy and environment.
7
7.1
THE PROPOSALS FOR THE SCHEME
BDW's proposals for the Scheme have been amended since the Development Agreement
was signed. These proposals have been through a public consultation exercise (in
September 2014), with refinements made to reflect feedback received during consultation.
The Council has, for the purposes of the Development Agreement, agreed to accept these
proposals to provide the comprehensive redevelopment of the Order Land as follows:
(a)
A new multi-screen cinema;
(b)
527 high quality apartments including an iconic 27 storey tower, 41% of which will be
affordable housing;
(c)
8,826 sq. m. (GIA) /11,109 sq. m. (GEA) of new retail, restaurant and cafe floor space
that will be complimentary to the existing town centre;
(d)
A new town square;
(e)
513 secure basement car parking spaces for
(i)
residents (263, which includes the re-provision of 100 Blenheim Centre
Spaces currently provided on site and 3 spaces for a car club); and
(ii)
7.2
the public (250).
The new Town Square forms the centrepiece of the Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan, a
new, major urban space, which would become the commercial heart and the focus of urban
life in the proposals. The Town Square is intended to complement the town centre spaces
included in the Masterplan: the street market and the events space at the junction of High
Street and Bell Road and the performance space in front of the Holy Trinity Church. It is
intended to provide a much needed leisure hub including cafes and restaurants with tables
lining the pavements and an area dedicated to family, sports and games oriented activities. It
will be a point of convergence for the links from the High Street and the area where most of
the commercial accommodation will be concentrated.
7.3
The proposals have been designed in the form of five urban blocks, each featuring active
frontages to most sides. Behind the frontages along both sides of Smithy Lane and around
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the new Town Square sit restaurants, bars and shops with apartments above. Elsewhere the
frontages are predominantly residential. The largest of these residential blocks, a twentyseven storey residential tower is intended to provide a high quality landmark which will
provide a point of reference for town centre itself.
7.4
This scheme is designed to avoid the compromising, bulky appearance of multi-storey car
parks by including an underground car park, which extends across most of the Order Land
and which is capable of handling the shoppers‟ car parking and the residential requirements.
7.5
The private, inward facing spaces within the blocks provide internal courtyards including soft
landscaping and a play space for children.
7.6
The multiplex cinema is included as the focal point of the scheme at ground level, with a
central entrance foyer oriented towards the heart of the Town Square. The cinema, which is
designed to become a major civic building and the key element of the composition is visible
both from the High Street entrance to Smithy Lane and from the Blenheim Centre.
7.7
The public spaces have been designed as a series of distinctive areas, each having a
different character reflected in their scale, palette of materials and architectural treatment.
Areas for deliveries at the back of High Street units have been consolidated into efficient
service yards serving both the new and existing units
7.8
Of the 527 units proposed, 216 will be affordable (108 affordable rent; 108 Shared
Ownership), such that 41% of the units proposed are affordable, Policy 3.12 of the London
Plan requires planning authorities to seek the maximum reasonable amount of affordable
housing having regard to:
7.9
(a)
current and future requirements for affordable housing at local and regional levels;
(b)
affordable housing targets adopted by boroughs;
(c)
the need to encourage rather than restrain residential development;
(d)
the need to promote mixed and balanced communities;
(e)
the size and type of affordable housing needed in particular locations;
(f)
the specific circumstances of the site.
The emerging draft Local Plan (Policy SC2 – Maximising the Provision of Affordable
Housing) aims to maximise the provision of affordable housing by seeking a provision of
40% as affordable.
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7.10
The proposals would provide a net increase in retail and restaurant floorspace of circa 8,800
sq. m. (GIA) of new retail and restaurants and a 4,295 sq. m. (GIA) 10 screen multiplex
cinema. The cinema is intended to provide the additional benefits of supporting an evening
and night time economy supporting the new restaurant uses and offer additional facilities
which attract visitors and customers to Hounslow Town Centre whilst also retaining existing
day shoppers.
7.11
The proposals are intended to improve the physical environment within the Town Centre by
creating a high quality public realm through the creation of a new town centre square that
provides a focal point for the development and provides a connection between the High
Street and the Blenheim Centre. The eastern square would comprise of sculptured planters
with terraced edges providing informal seating areas as well as lawned areas for rest. The
central area of the town square would provide flexible urban space that will be available for
performance and events space, and the western area will provide a water feature that can be
drained when required leaving a level surface suitable for temporary, seasonal installations.
The new town square is intended to significantly improve the local environment of this area
and in itself create a destination point in Hounslow, something that is currently lacking.
7.12
The creation of a cinema, restaurants and cafés is intended to provide leisure facilities for
local people, reduce the need to travel long distances to a Cinema and also improve the level
of spending in the town which will benefit local businesses.
7.13
It is anticipated that the proposals will create approximately 400 additional FTE jobs at
Hounslow – temporary jobs created from the construction of the project will bring the total jobs
created by the development to around 700. These will cover a range of job opportunities,
including construction jobs as well as permanent roles in the completed development. The
permanent jobs will range from managerial, and supervisory levels to clerical/administration
and shop assistant roles.
7.14
The following are intended to be secured by planning obligations and conditions:
(a)
Affordable Housing – the proposal will provide 216 affordable units, 108 of which will
be for rent.
(b)
Highways improvements
(c)
Construction training / job brokerage.
(d)
A public square available for a range of cultural events;
(e)
The retention of 250 public car parking spaces;
(f)
High quality exemplary design;
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(g)
Sustainable development of a brownfield site with all residential accommodation
meeting level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and all relevant commercial
space achieving BREEAM rating of excellent.
7.15
The Developer has now submitted a planning application which the Council is considering.
8
EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE BY AGREEMENT
8.1
Single ownership of the Order Land is required to implement the Scheme. Negotiations have
been taking place with all landowners whose property is included in the Order or where rights
are sought over their property.
8.2
The Council has actively sought to acquire land and property required for the scheme since
December 2013. Having identified that land assembly was unlikely to be completed through
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private treaty, on the 9 December 2014 the Council‟s Mayor and Cabinet made an inprinciple resolution to use the Council‟s CPO powers to complete the necessary land
assembly to facilitate the scheme. The Corporate Leadership Team reviewed the case to use
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the Council‟s CPO powers to facilitate the High Street Quarter on the 24 February 2015, and
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decided to proceed with the officer‟s recommendations. On the 17 March 2015, the Council‟s
Mayor and Cabinet resolved to make a CPO and to submit it to the Secretary of State for
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confirmation. [The Council resolved in Full Council on the 24 March 2015 to do so.]
8.3
The Council has managed to secure some of the freehold interests in the Order Land with the
following properties acquired by agreement:
(a)
23 Holloway Street
(b)
29 Holloway Street
(c)
33 Holloway Street
(d)
39 Holloway Street
(e)
41 Holloway Street
8.4
Holloway Street properties
8.4.1
In November 2013 GL Hearn were instructed by the Council to approach the existing owners
of the residential properties on Holloway Street regarding the sale of their property to the
Council. All owners were invited to a meeting with the Council and GL Hearn on the 9
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December 2013 in which the current position of the scheme was explained, as well as the
likely need for the purchase of the properties. Since this date GL Hearn have been regularly
communicating with property owners in an effort to secure the purchase of all of the
properties by agreement.
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8.4.2
At present, of the seven remaining properties outside of the Council‟s control. Agreement has
been reached for the purchase of 25 Holloway Street and this has been with the respective
parties‟ solicitors since July 2014. Agreement has been reached for the purchase of 15 and
17 Holloway Street in February 2015 and this is currently with the respective parties‟
solicitors.
8.5
High Street Properties
8.5.1
Letters were sent to all owners and occupiers of the High Street properties that were directly
affected by the scheme in July 2014, inviting them all to a private exhibition of the proposals.
At the exhibition, the anticipated impact on their properties was explained and, where their
property was to be acquired in whole, they were invited to contact GL Hearn to discuss
progressing with the purchase of the property.
8.5.2
Since the private exhibition in July 2014, meetings have been held with several property
owners and occupiers in relation to the impact on the land. The submission of the planning
application in February 2015 established exactly how the owners and occupiers were going to
be affected by the scheme, particularly in respect of the rear service yards, and since this
date a concerted effort has been made to work with all affected parties to advise how they are
going to be affected by the works and to reach agreement on replacement car parking spaces
and access requirements.
8.6
Royal Mail Group – Hounslow Sorting Office
8.6.1
Discussions have been held with Royal Mail Group‟s Operations Director and Field
Operations Manager for the region in respect of the requirement for a portion of their land.
Since this meeting work has been undertaken to establish that Royal Mail Group‟s vehicles
can navigate the proposed exit route onto Prince Regent Road and this has been agreed in
principle. Discussions are on-going as to what works are required as part of the scheme.
8.7
Legal and General Assurance Society Limited
8.7.1
GL Hearn have been in discussions with Legal and General and their appointed surveyor
since October 2014 and are actively working towards reaching an agreement for the purchase
of their interests in land affected by the scheme
8.7.2
The Council will continue to seek to acquire all of the remaining interests by agreement.
8.7.3
The Council considers that the use of its CPO powers to acquire all outstanding interests in
the Order Land and the new rights is required as it has not been possible to achieve this by
agreement and it is highly unlikely that it would be able to do so within an acceptable
timescale without the Order. The Scheme cannot proceed unless these interests are
acquired.
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9
ENABLING POWERS
9.1
By virtue of section 226(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the Council has the
power to acquire land compulsorily for "development and other planning purposes" if that
acquisition will facilitate the carrying of development, re-development or improvement on or in
relation to that land. The Council in exercising its power under section 226(1) must have
regard to Section 226(1A) which provides that this power must not be exercised unless the
Council think that the development, re-development or improvements are likely to contribute
to the promotion of the economic, social or environmental well-being of their area.
9.2
The Council considers that the use of section 226(1)(a) is appropriate having regard to the
aims sought to be achieved by the Scheme. The Council is satisfied that the use of the
powers contained in section 226(1)(a) will contribute to the development, redevelopment or
improvement of the Order Land. The Council is further satisfied that the Scheme will
contribute to improve the economic and social well-being of Hounslow town centre through
the enhanced retail and leisure offering and additional employment opportunities and the
provision of new housing including a high proportion of affordable units. The Scheme will also
contribute to the environmental well-being of the area, including as a consequence of the
public realm improvements facilitated by the Scheme.
9.3
Under section 13 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 the Council
has the power to compulsorily acquire new rights over land. The rights which are sought are
specified in the Schedule and summarised in section 3 above.
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THE CASE FOR COMPULSORY PURCHASE
10.1
The Council has a long standing aspiration to see Hounslow Town Centre regenerated in
order to provide a more vibrant and sustainable retail and leisure offer. At a national planning
policy level this aspiration is supported by the NPPF which requires local planning authorities
to support and positively plan for the management and growth of town centres including
promoting competitive town centres that provide customer choice and a diverse retail offer.
At a local level this aspiration is supported by the UDP and Emerging Local Plan which
promote the redevelopment of the Order Land.
10.2
The Scheme will facilitate the transformation and regeneration of this allocated, important
town centre site. The Scheme will provide a positive benefit to the community of Hounslow
and visitors to the town by providing a new retailing environment that suits modern retailing
and leisure needs. The Scheme will contribute to and enhance the vitality and viability of the
town centre, enabling Hounslow to compete with other retail centres. It will also deliver much
needed significant new housing (including affordable housing).
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10.3
The purpose of the Order is therefore to secure the acquisition of all relevant interests in the
Order Land to facilitate the Scheme.
10.4
The Council considers that there is a compelling case in the public interest for the making of
the Order. The principle of the Scheme is supported by planning policy at both a national and
local level. It is not considered that there are any planning or viability impediments to the
implementation of the Scheme once planning permission is granted. The Council considers
the Scheme will make a positive contribution to the promotion of achievement of the
economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the area.
10.5
Single ownership and control of the Order Land is required to enable the Scheme to proceed.
The Council is satisfied that both the Council and the Developer have made reasonable
attempts to acquire outstanding interests by private agreement. The Council, through its
appointed agents, has attempted, and will continue to attempt, to purchase the outstanding
interests by private agreement. However, given the number of third party interests identified
in the Schedule the Council considers it unlikely that either the Council or the Developer will
be able to acquire all of these interests by agreement within a reasonable time period. The
exercise of compulsory purchase powers will enable redevelopment to take place at an earlier
date by providing certainty in respect of site assembly.
10.6
The Council has carefully considered the need to include each parcel of land and each new
right in the Order Land and is satisfied that these interests are required for the delivery of the
Scheme.
10.7
The overarching consideration for the Secretary of State in deciding when an Order should be
confirmed, and which is of equal relevance to the Council in reaching its decision, is set out in
paragraph 16 of Annex A; the CPO Circular identifies the following issues be considered:
(a)
whether the purpose for which the land is being acquired fits with the adopted
planning framework for the area;
(b)
the extent to which the Scheme would contribute to the achievement of the promotion
and/or improvement of the economic, and/or social, and/or improvement of
environmental well-being of the Council's area.
(c)
the potential financial viability of the Scheme, general funding intentions and the
timing of available funding and that there is a reasonable prospect of the Scheme
going ahead;
(d)
whether the purposes for which the proposed Order Land is to be acquired could
reasonably be achieved by any other means within a reasonable timeframe.
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Whether the purpose for which the land is being acquired fits with the adopted planning
framework for the area
10.8
Overall, for the reasons given elsewhere in theis Statement, the Council is satisfied that the
purposes for whcih the Order Land is being acquired fir with the adopted planning
frameworkand will enable the Council to begin to realise the wider regenerative aspirations for
Hounslow Town Centre by acting as a catalyst to wider investment and development.
The extent to which the Scheme would contribute to the achievement of the promotion and/or
improvement of the economic, and/or social, and/or improvement of environmental well-being
of the Council's area
10.9
The Council is satisfied that development on this scale represents a significant investment in
the Town Centre, the benefits of which will be considerable to the economical wellbeing of the
Borough, in terms of:
(a)
Becoming a retail destination for existing residents of the borough and those who live
elsewhere;
(b)
Contributing to the town centre's evening economy which will secure additional
spending within the town;
(c)
Attracting new retailers to the town centre and investment;
(d)
Creating a significant number and range of new employment opportunities, with the
S106 obligations seeking to secure these at a local level so far as possible.
10.10
As a consequence of this investment and the economic benefits, there will also be significant
social and environmental benefits for the borough, consisting of:
(a)
Modern and better designed retail units, a well designed scheme and layout, all of
which will enhance the immediate environment and create a more attractive area for
the public to visit and enjoy
(b)
Providing much need centrally located homes, including significant affordable
housing;
(c)
Enhancing the evening economy in the town centre by providing a choice of leisure
and food uses.
10.11
Accordingly the Council is satisfied that S226(1)(A) is met. The proposed development will
provide and enhance the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of the area.
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The potential financial viability of the Scheme, general funding intentions and the timing of
available funding and that there is a reasonable prospect of the Scheme going ahead
10.12
The Council is satisfied that there are no impediments to bring forward the Scheme. The
Developer is committed to the delivery of the scheme, having spent £1.9 million to date on
obtaining planning consent and it has been demonstrated that the development will produce
an acceptable level of return to the developer.
10.13
Assuming planning permission is granted for the Developer's proposals has been granted,
there will be no planning impediment to it going ahead. There is strong demand for the
residential aspects of the scheme and the Developer is in the process of agreeing an
agreement for lease with a Cinema operator. Initial market testing for the retail/restaurant
accommodation has identified good interest from national multiple operators and negotiations
with these parties for pre-lets will begin after consent has been obtained.
Whether the purposes for which the proposed Order Land is to be acquired could reasonably
be achieved by any other means within a reasonable timeframe.
10.14
The Land has been identified as being the appropriate site for the delivery of a mixed-use
development since the Unitary Development Plan adopted in 2003. There are no alternative
sites in which the proposed development could be brought forward whilst achieving the scale
of development and realising the same level of public benefit to local businesses and
residents. The Order Land is uniquely positioned between the High Street and the Blenheim
Centre and the delivery of this development will create an integrated town centre.
10.15
In order for the comprehensive development of the Order Land to be realised vacant
possession of the entire site needs to be achieved and this can only be done by acquiring all
of the remaining private land interests that exist. The Council and BDW will continue to
attempt to acquire these interests by negotiation, however this may not be possible in all
instances. Where agreement cannot be reached by negotiation the only other option is to
acquire the interest through the exercise of the Council‟s compulsory purchase powers.
10.16
The Council is satisfied that both it and the Developer has taken all reasonable steps to
acquire the land required by negotiation since December 2013, and continues to negotiate
with third party land owners.
10.17
Following these reasonable attempts to acquire the outstanding land by the Developer, the
Council is satisfied that it is unlikely other properties will be acquired in a timely manner and
that this CPO is now necessary to secure the redevelopment of the Order Land.
10.18
For the reasons explained above, the Council therefore considers there to be a compelling
case in the public interest to proceed with Order.
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11
HUMAN RIGHTS
11.1
The Human Rights Act 1998 prohibits public authorities from acting in a way which is
incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. In its Cabinet reports on
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9 December 2014 and 17 March 2015 the Council considered the impact on human rights of
those affected by the Order. In particular, the Council had regard to the right to the peaceful
enjoyment of possessions (Article 1). It is considered that any interference with Article 1, or
any other Convention rights, is justified and proportionate in the wider public interest in order
to secure the economic, social, physical and environmental regeneration of the town centre.
12
EQUALITIES
12.1
The regeneration of Hounslow Town Centre has been a long term aspiration and corporate
objective of the Council and the number one priority of the public.
12.2
The Unitary Development Plan, which identifies the High Street Quarter site for new retail,
commercial and leisure facilities and residential accommodation (Proposal Site M8) was
adopted in December 1996. In January 2001 alterations to the plan were placed on deposit
and a public inquiry was held between September and December 2001. The public inquiry
provided the opportunity for all members of the public to comment on the plan. Following the
Inspector‟s report (May 2002), and proposed modifications that were presented in February
2003, the updated UDP was adopted in December 2003.
12.3
The Hounslow Town Centre Masterplan is the result of a long history of extensive public
consultation and engagement. An initial vision was developed for the town centre in January
2009 entitled „A Brighter Future for Hounslow Town Centre‟ and the findings and
recommendations of this report provided the starting point for the Hounslow Town Centre
Masterplan. BDP were subsequently appointed to development a masterplan and they in turn
formed a „People‟s Panel‟, a group of town centre users and interests who provide feedback
on BDP‟s proposals and help shape the emerging proposals.
12.4
Individual invitations were issued to a long list of some 160 local businesses, community
groups, faith groups, youth groups, the police and other stakeholders and a group of willing
representatives was formed. The invitation was also open to anyone who wished to attend.
12.5
Two sessions were held with the People‟s Panel which involved presentations and a series of
interactive workshop exercises. Sessions were held in July and September 2011 and the
feedback received informed the evolution of the Masterplan proposals. In February 2012 the
draft proposals were presented to the public through a two day exhibition in the Treaty Centre
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held on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 February 2012. This Masterplan was adopted by the
Council in February 2012.
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12.6
Following an updated brief, BDP were instructed to take a fresh look at the proposals put
forward in the Masterplan. Workshops were held in November and December 2012 with
major stakeholders to revisit the masterplan vision, concepts and to focus on detail on the
options for the High Street Quarter site.
12.7
Following the review and engagement with major stakeholders a revised draft masterplan was
produced the and consultation with the wider public undertaken to seek further feedback.
Invitation letters updating the public and providing notification of the consultation process
were sent by post to every address in the masterplan study area as well as identified key
businesses, landowners, community groups and other stakeholders.
12.8
A public exhibition was held for three full days in May 2013 and following the exhibition,
consultation on the revised draft masterplan ran for 5 weeks from Sunday 12th May through
to Sunday 16th June 2013. The masterplan was formally published by the Council in
December 2013 following a Cabinet resolution.
12.9
The emerging Local Plan, which allocates the High Street Quarter site for mixed use
development with leisure, commercial (retail) and residential uses has also gone through a full
consultation process including the following:
Policy Options – June 13
Site allocations consultation – October 2013
Proposed Submission consultation – March/April 2014
Minor Changes consultation – Oct/Dec 2014
Examination – Feb-April 2014
12.10
The Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State in August 2014.
12.11
Extensive consultation with the community and stakeholders has therefore taken place in
relation to the Masterplan and the emerging Local Plan and further consultation will take place
on the planning application for the Scheme before its merits are considered by the Council's
Planning Committee.
12.12
The Council is satisfied that the Scheme would strengthen the vitality and viability of the Town
Centre and would not have any negative impacts on equality and diversity.
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OTHER ORDERS
13.1
Prior to commencement of the Scheme a Stopping Up Order must be obtained in respect of
the highway at Holloway Street, Smithy Lane (the public footpath that runs between 174-174
High Street and 178 High Street) and Wells Lane (the road that runs to the south of the car
park along the rear of the High Street properties). This Order is due to be made by the
Council pursuant to S247 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and in the absence of
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outstanding objections will be confirmed by the Council before the CPO is confirmed (to the
extent it is possible) and will be run concurrently with the CPO process.
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CONSERVATION AREA AND LISTED BUILDINGS
14.1
There are no listed buildings within the Order Land and it falls outside the Conservation Area.
14.2
In terms of nearby listed buildings, a locally listed building, at 137 – 143 High Street, TW3
1QL, is 130m away from the High Street Quarter Site. The Grade 2 listed Hounslow United
Reformed Church at 114 Hanworth Road, TW3 1LF is 180m away from the High Street
Quarter.
14.3
The Order Land is located in an Archaeological Priority Area and there are areas of high
archaeological survival potential within the site. On account of the potential for archaeological
remains an archaeological trenching evaluation will be carried out. The results of these
investigations will allow an appropriate mitigation strategy to be developed (e.g. targeted
archaeological excavation, a watching brief for remains of lesser significance, or no further
work). Any such work would be required to be carried out in accordance with a Written
Scheme of Investigation (WSI) under the terms of a standard archaeological planning
condition
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SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF LAND
15.1
Royal Mail Group are treated as a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the Order, by
virtue of being universal postal service provider under section 8 of the Acquisition of Land Act.
The Council's view, informed by discussions with Royal Mail Group, is that the relevant land
can either be purchased and not replaced without serious detriment to the carrying on of the
undertaking (or be replaced, if purchased, by other land belonging to, or available for
acquisition by, the undertakers without serious detriment to the undertaking).
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CONCLUSION
16.1
The Scheme is a direct response to local policy objectives to meet the retail, leisure and
housing needs within Hounslow town centre. The Scheme's retail and leisure provision would
enhance the vitality and viability of the town centre, maximising its economic, social and
environmental potential. To facilitate this regeneration the assembly of the Order Land is
required. Given the number of third party interests in the Order Land, the only way that this
can be achieved within a reasonable timeframe is through the exercise of compulsory
acquisition powers.
16.2
The uses proposed by the Scheme accord with national policy guidelines and local policy
objectives. The Council is satisfied that there is a compelling need in the public interest for
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compulsory purchase powers to be sought to secure the delivery of the Scheme. The Council
has made the Order and ask the Secretary of State to confirm the Order.
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CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND NEGOTIATION
17.1
Owners and occupiers of property affected by the Scheme who wish to negotiate or discuss
matters of compensation should contact the Council's appointed surveyor:
David Conboy
CPO and Regeneration Associate Director
GL Hearn
280 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7EE
T: 020 7851 4811
E: david.conboy@glhearn.com
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DOCUMENTS TO BE REFERRED TO IN THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC INQUIRY
18.1
In the event of a public inquiry into the Order the Council intend to refer to the documents
detailed below. The Council reserves its right to refer to any further document or planning
policy and will seek to notify the inquiry and any remaining objectors of any such documents
as soon as possible in advance of the commencement of any inquiry.
Document
1.
Compulsory Purchase Order and Supporting Documents
The Order
Order Map
Order Schedule
London Borough of Hounslow Planning Committee Report dated [9] December 2014
Minutes
Second Resolution Paper
Cabinet Minutes (Second Resolution)
Planning Committee Report dated [XX]
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Document
2
Planning Documents
National Planning Policy Framework
National Planning Policy Guidance
UDP
Masterplan
Documents and supporting information for planning application 2012/0252
Note these are available to view separately at the Civic Offices or on-line at
www.XXXX.gov.uk
Emerging Local Plan
Documents and supporting information for planning application 131071
Note these are available to view separately at the Civic Offices or on-line at
www.XXXX.gov.uk
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Other London Borough of Hounslow Council Background Documents
5
Consent documents
Decision letter
Section 106 agreement
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Legislation
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007
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Document
Circular 06/04 Compulsory Purchase and the Crichel Down Rules
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18.2
Annex 1 - Order Map
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HOUNSLOW HIGH STREET QUARTER
Table 1
Number on
Map
Extent, description and situation of the
land
(1)
(2)
1
26 square metres of passage
and air conditioning units
adjacent to retail premises
known as 162A, 162B and
162C High Street, Hounslow
Qualifying persons under section12(2)(a) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 - name and address
(3)
Owners or reputed owners
Lessees or reputed lessees
Dimple's Beauty Limited
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
2nd Floor Delson Suite
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
Peter John Roper
The Rectory
Puttenham Hill
Puttenham
Guildford
GU3 1AH
(in respect of 162C High
Street)
Tenants or reputed tenants
(other than lessees)
_
92
Thakers Food Limited
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
(in respect of 162B High
Street)
2
118 square metres of garden
and yard to the rear of retail
premises known as 164 High
Street and residential premises
known as 164A High Street,
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Canning International Limited
Second Floor
Capital City
Independence Avenue
PO Box 1312
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
and
c/o 90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
British Heart Foundation
Greater London House
180 Hampstead Road
London
NW1 7AW
(in respect of 164 High
Street)
1
Occupiers
Remarks
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
FH NGL226226
LH NGL229643
Air conditioning
units
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
(in respect of 162B
High Street)
_
British Heart Foundation FH MX159689
Greater London House LH AGL210238
180 Hampstead Road
London
NW1 7AW
Street)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
93
3
110 square metres of service
yard and car parking to the rear
of retail premises known as 166
High Street and residential
premises known as Flat A and
Flat B, 166 High Street,
Hounslow
Legal and General
Assurance Society Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
_
4
premises known as Flat A and
Flat B, 168 High Street,
Hounslow
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
_
CPO Schedule V2
2
Occupiers
Louise Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 164A High
Street)
Louise Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 164A
High Street)
Rosemary Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Street)
Rosemary Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 164A
High Street)
_
Rabani Ayoubi
3 Vimy Close
Hounslow
TW4 5AF
(trading as Selections)
Remarks
Unoccupied
FH MX168442
Rabani Ayoubi
3 Vimy Close
Hounslow
TW4 5AF
FH MX184817
Mr Rabani
contact at
Selections
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
5
All interests, other than those of
the acquiring authority, in 143
square metres car parking and
access to the rear of 162 - 168
(evens) High Street and half
width of highway known as
Holloway Street, Hounslow
(3)
Jagjit Singh Nanda
Pure Life
Unit 4 Triangle Centre
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
(including in respect of
presumption to subsoil)
_
_
Occupiers
Remarks
Louise Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of parking)
FH MX435297
94
Jaskaran Singh Purewal
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Rosemary Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Kunwar Ajit Singh
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
(as highway authority)
Josh Ajit Singh Arora
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
CPO Schedule V2
3
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Unoccupied
FH MX172505
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
6
95
premises known as Flat 1, Flat
2, Flat 3 and Flat 4, 170 High
Street, Hounslow
Jagjit Singh Nanda
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
_
_
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Kunwar Ajit Singh
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
CPO Schedule V2
4
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
_
Trespass Europe
Limited
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
FH MX156733
LH AGL263041
_
Trespass Europe
Limited
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
FH AGL7600
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
yard and car parking to rear of
retail premises known as 172
High Street, Hounslow
Aurelia Properties Limited
Foret
Windmill Park
Wrotham Heath
TN15 7SY
8
11 square metres of recycling
enclosure to the rear of 172
Foret
Windmill Park
Wrotham Heath
TN15 7SY
96
7
CPO Schedule V2
Trespass Europe Limited
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
_
5
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
9
399 square metres of retail and
commercial premises, service
yard and car parking known as
174 High Street, Hounslow
(3)
97
Mantle Investments Limited
Second Floor
Capital City
Independence Avenue
PO Box 1312
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
and
c/o Pelham Associates
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
Specsavers Optical
Superstores Limited
Forum 6 Parkway
Solent Business Park
Whiteley
Fareham
PO15 7PA
Street)
_
Bhogal Partners Solicitors
LLP
1st and 2nd Floors
174 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
10
290 square metres of retail
premises known as 178, 178A
and 180 High Street and
residential premises known as
Flat 1 and Flat 2, 178 High
Street, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
Reed Employment Limited
Academy Court
94 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DT
Street)
6
Occupiers
Remarks
Specsavers Optical
Superstores Limited
Forum 6 Parkway
Whiteley
Fareham
PO15 7PA
Street)
FH MX281535
LH AGL271490
Bhogal Partners
Solicitors LLP
1st and 2nd Floors
174 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
_
ITS Convenience Store FH NGL90119
178 High Street
LH NGL545778
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Mark One Travel Limited
136 The Broadway
Southall
UB1 1QN
Street)
The Occupier
178A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
LH NGL553991
The Body Shop International
plc
Watersmead
Littlehampton
BN17 6LS
Street)
The Body Shop
International plc
Watersmead
Littlehampton
BN17 6LS
Street)
LH AGL2706
98
The Occupier
Flat 1
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
The Occupier
Flat 2
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
11
18 square metres of
Unknown
hardstanding car parking to the
rear of 178 and 180 High
Street, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
_
7
_
Unoccupied
Unregistered
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
12
retail premises known as 182 186 (evens) High Street,
Hounslow
(3)
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
Kentucky Fried Chicken
(Great Britain) Limited
Orion Gate
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
(in respect of 182- 184 High
Street)
The right for the acquiring
authority and its lessees,
licensees, successors in title,
assigns and those authorised
by any of there to:
99
(rights secured over the land to
use the land as a work site for
the construction of the scheme
and for the creation of
pedestrian access routes to the
rear of the High Street
properties)
13
yard and car parking and retail
premises known as 188, 188a
and 188b High Street,
Hounslow
by any of there to:
CPO Schedule V2
_
The Optical Shop (Hounslow)
Limited
Unit 3
The Elmsleigh Centre
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
Street)
SJR Retail LLP
5th Floor
94-96 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 3RF
Deichmann-Shoes UK
Limited
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
(in respect of 188-188a High
Street)
8
Occupiers
Remarks
Kentucky Fried Chicken FH MX341859
(Great Britain) Limited LH AGL18686
Orion Gate
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
(in respect of 182- 184
High Street)
The Optical Shop
(Hounslow) Limited
Unit 3
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
Street)
_
Deichmann-Shoes UK FH MX340238
Limited
LH AGL249858
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
(in respect of 188-188a
High Street)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
properties)
14
100
yard to rear of retail premises
known as 190 High Street,
Hounslow
by any of there to:
Bank of Scotland plc
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
(in respect of 188b High
Street)
Taxtone Limited
48 Riverside Walk
Isleworth
TW7 6HP
Talk Talk Mobile Phones
Limited
1351 Yardley Wood Road
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
Occupiers
Remarks
The Carphone
LH AGL29705
Warehouse Limited
1 Portal Way
London
W3 6RS
Street)
_
Talk Talk Mobile
Phones Limited
1351 Yardley Wood
Road
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
(trading as 02)
FH MX65721
properties)
CPO Schedule V2
9
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
15
Hounslow
(3)
Steven Sharpe
Kenwood House
Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
RAL Limited
Birch House
Woodlands Business Park
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
Finechance Limited
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
by any of there to:
101
16
properties)
Gavin Mark Sharpe
Kenwood House
Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
Bridge Estates Limited
First Floor
10 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BE
by any of there to:
CPO Schedule V2
Occupiers
Remarks
_
Talarius Limited
Birch House
Woodlands Business
Park
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
(trading as Quicksilver
Amusements)
FH MX214356
_
Moda Italiana
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
FH NGL261851
LH AGL293111
The Occupier
194A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
10
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
properties)
Occupiers
Remarks
Stephanie Small
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Daniel Shearman
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
102
17
Hounslow
Archer Kane Homes Limited
41 Butts Hill Road
Woodly
Reading
RG5 4NJ
Howard Scott Limited
44 High Street
Chesham
HP5 1EP
_
JS Pound
196 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
FH MX71032
Archer Kane sold
property in
December 2014
by any of there to:
properties)
CPO Schedule V2
Ealing Properties Limited
c/o Sawhney Consulting
No 1 Olympic Way
London
HA9 0NP
11
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
103
18
Not allocated
19
Not allocated
20
Not allocated
21
Not allocated
22
Not allocated
23
Not allocated
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
12
Occupiers
Remarks
04/02/2015
land
(1)
(2)
24
square metres of loading bays
and service road known as
Wells Lane, car park known as
Holloway Street Car Park with
cycle racks, walled recycling
centre, west of Holloway Street,
half width of footway known as
Red Lion Walk, whole width of
pedestrian footway known as
Smithy Walk and half width of
highways known as Alexandra
Road, Holloway Street and half
width of paved crossing, grass
verges, ramp and footway
forming part of access road
known as Prince Regent Road,
Hounslow
104
Number on
Map
(3)
The Mayor and the
Burgesses of the London
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
Unknown
(in respect of demolished
wall)
CPO Schedule V2
_
Occupiers
Remarks
Starbucks Coffee
FH AGL294492
Company (UK) Limited
Building 4
Chiswick Park
Chiswick High Road
London
W4 5YE
(in respect of loading
bay and air conditioning
units for 198 High
Street)
UK Parking Control Ltd Wall excluded
Unit 29
from conveyance
1-2 Denham Parade
Oxford Road
Uxbridge
UB9 4DZ
(in respect of car park
management)
13
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
25
105
2928 square metres of private
residents parking spaces east
of Alexandra Road, basement
car park, bus stop, grass verge
and footway forming part of
access road known as Prince
Regent Road, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Raza Ali Khan
Fonthill
15A Copsem Lane
Esher
KT10 9HE
(in respect of parking space
numbers 1 and 72)
Raza Ali Khan
Fonthill
15A Copsem Lane
Esher
KT10 9HE
(in respect of parking
space numbers 1 and
72)
FH AGL158092
Tasneem Assia Rahman
Fonthill
15A Copsem Lane
Esher
KT10 9HE
numbers 1 and 72)
Tasneem Assia
Rahman
Fonthill
15A Copsem Lane
Esher
KT10 9HE
space numbers 1 and
72)
LH AGL201281
LH AGL201272
14
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
106
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Norin Musani
12 Kingshill Drive
Harrow
HA3 8TF
number 2)
Satish Kamal
Satyamurthy
Flat 920
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 2)
Satish Kamal
Satyamurthy
Flat 920
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 2)
Riaz Hasanali Musani
12 Kingshill Drive
Harrow
HA3 8TF
number 3)
Dinesh Kadam
Flat 922
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 3)
Dinesh Kadam
Flat 922
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 3)
NB Only the
airspace to the
height of 2.05
metres is
included in the
leasehold titles.
The surface of
the parking
space and
airspace above
the height of
LH AGL198065
Jyotika Kaur Badwal
64 Manor Road
Wheathampstead
St Albans
AL4 8JO
number 4)
Jyotika Kaur Badwal
64 Manor Road
Wheathampstead
St Albans
AL4 8JO
space number 4)
Baljit Singh Bagga
116 Station Road
Harpenden
AL5 4RH
number 4 and 5)
Baljit Singh Bagga
116 Station Road
Harpenden
AL5 4RH
space number 4 and 5)
15
LH AGL198073
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
107
Occupiers
Remarks
Ajeet Singh Bagga
116 Station Road
Harpenden
AL5 4RH
number 5)
Ajeet Singh Bagga
116 Station Road
Harpenden
AL5 4RH
space number 5)
LH AGL198043
Saleem Fazal
7 Hazlewood Mews
Clapham
London
SW9 9BL
number 6)
Saleem Fazal
7 Hazlewood Mews
Clapham
London
SW9 9BL
space number 6)
LH AGL196709
Nabat Tajdin Adam
Flat 316
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 6)
Nabat Tajdin Adam
Flat 316
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 6)
Reetendra Nath Banerji
127 Woking Close
London
SW15 5LD
numbers 7 and 94)
CPO Schedule V2
16
LH AGL238242
LH AGL247910
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Nilesh Mate
Flat 925
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
number 8)
108
CPO Schedule V2
Occupiers
Remarks
Nilesh Mate
Flat 925
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 8)
LH AGL265817
Mahindra Kumar Rohatgi
2 Sandbach Road
Church Lawton
Stoke-on-Trent
ST7 3RG
number 9)
Aman Agarwal
822 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 9)
Aman Agarwal
822 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 9)
LH AGL197846
Satish Kumar Aggarwal
Flat 2B
Block 7 Hillview Court
11 KA Shue Road
Sai Kung
Hong Kong
number 10)
Pankaj Pathak
Flat 418
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 10)
Pankaj Pathak
Flat 418
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 10)
LH AGL198081
Rani Bala Aggarwal
Flat 2B
Block 7 Hillview Court
11 KA Shue Road
Sai Kung
Hong Kong
number 10)
Neena Ramakant
Bhonge
Flat 418
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 10)
Neena Ramakant
Bhonge
Flat 418
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 10)
17
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
109
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Jennifer Chyung Wong
Tsang
22A Jackson Road
Vacoas
Mauritius
number 11)
Naseev Asghar Kazmi
Flat 232
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 11)
Naseev Asghar Kazmi
Flat 232
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 11)
LH AGL197847
Sunita Chattree
78 Rogersfield
Langho
Blackburn
BB6 8HD
number 12)
Sunita Chattree
78 Rogersfield
Langho
Blackburn
BB6 8HD
space number 12)
LH AGL197856
Shashank Chattree
78 Rogersfield
Langho
Blackburn
BB6 8HD
number 12)
Shashank Chattree
78 Rogersfield
Langho
Blackburn
BB6 8HD
space number 12)
Neetin Sharma
Flat 201
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 13)
Neetin Sharma
Flat 201
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 13)
18
LH AGL294891
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
110
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Harjit Kaur Bagga
15 Lingwood Gardens
Isleworth
TW7 5LY
number 14)
Harjit Kaur Bagga
15 Lingwood Gardens
Isleworth
TW7 5LY
space number 14)
LH AGL199576
Sucheel Bagga
15 Lingwood Gardens
Isleworth
TW7 5LY
number 14)
Sucheel Bagga
15 Lingwood Gardens
Isleworth
TW7 5LY
space number 14)
Satpal Singh Bhamra
47 Jersey Road
Hounslow
TW5 0TR
number 15)
Satpal Singh Bhamra
47 Jersey Road
Hounslow
TW5 0TR
space number 15)
Balvir Singh Bhamra
47 Jersey Road
Hounslow
TW5 0TR
number 15)
Balvir Singh Bhamra
47 Jersey Road
Hounslow
TW5 0TR
space number 15)
19
LH AGL198063
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
111
Zeenat Un Nisa Aslam
Flat 903
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
number 16)
LH AGL241612
Adel Sheikh
Flat 4
Tudor Court
34 North Park
Gerrards Cross
SL9 8LH
number 17)
LH AGL198096
Jagpeet Singh Bansal
Flat 4
Tudor Court
34 North Park
Gerrards Cross
SL9 8LH
number 17)
Syen Wahabuddin
B16/1 Gizri Boulevard
D.H.A. Phase 4
Karachi
Pakistan 75500
number 18)
CPO Schedule V2
20
Syen Wahabuddin
B16/1 Gizri Boulevard
D.H.A. Phase 4
Karachi
Pakistan 75500
space number 18)
LH AGL201573
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Jeffrey Hugh Goodall
41 Wolsey Road
Ashford
TW15 2RA
number 19)
LH AGL200535
Tara Boolakee
76 Syon Lane
Isleworth
TW7 5NQ
number 19)
112
Ali Akbar Ale-Mohammad
Flat 32
Chatsworth Lodge
Bourne Place
London
W4 2EE
numbers 20, 31, 40, 49, 50,
61, 62, 80, 81, 83 and 93)
Homa Amiry
Flat 32
Chatsworth Lodge
Bourne Place
London
W4 2EE
numbers 20, 31, 40, 49, 50,
61, 62, 80, 81, 83 and 93)
CPO Schedule V2
21
Remarks
Tara Boolakee
76 Syon Lane
Isleworth
TW7 5NQ
space number 19)
Gulu Solak
6 Baroque Court
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QQ
space number 20)
Gulu Solak
6 Baroque Court
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QQ
space number 20)
LH AGL204818
LH AGL250370
LH AGL212029
LH AGL212011
LH AGL212019
LH AGL212024
LH AGL206623
LH AGL205686
LH AGL231226
LH AGL231225
LH AGL205164
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Dilsad Jiwani
10A Beaulieu Road
Bexhill-On-Sea
TN39 3AD
number 21)
Remarks
LH AGL197517
113
Nizarali Hasam Mulji Jiwani
10A Beaulieu Road
Bexhill-On-Sea
TN39 3AD
number 21)
Konark Trivedi
Flat 536
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 22)
Konark Trivedi
Flat 536
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 22)
LH AGL206626
Sonal Trivedi
Flat 536
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 22)
CPO Schedule V2
22
Sonal Trivedi
Flat 536
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 22)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
114
Occupiers
Remarks
Hardip Singh Chana
PO Box 18628-00500
Nairobi
Kenya
number 23)
Hardip Singh Chana
PO Box 18628-00500
Nairobi
Kenya
space number 23)
LH AGL197831
Sukhdip Kaur Chana
PO Box 18628-00500
Nairobi
Kenya
number 23)
Sukhdip Kaur Chana
PO Box 18628-00500
Nairobi
Kenya
space number 23)
Roxane Pardivala
Flat 1026
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
number 24)
Roxane Pardivala
Flat 1026
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
space number 24)
Lalit Kapur
Flat 241
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 25)
CPO Schedule V2
23
LH AGL198070
LH AGL198047
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
115
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Kevin Barber
86 Grange Road
Cheddleton
Leek
ST13 7NP
number 26)
Kevin Barber
86 Grange Road
Cheddleton
Leek
ST13 7NP
space number 26)
LH AGL207111
Kota Shivaranjan
Flat 1028
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
number 27)
Kota Shivaranjan
Flat 1028
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
space number 27)
LH AGL207015
Kavita Malladi
Flat 1028
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
number 27)
Kavita Malladi
Flat 1028
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
space number 27)
Vernon Guibarra
26 Chatsworth Court
Pembroke Road
London
W8 6DQ
numbers 28 and 48)
Vernon Guibarra
26 Chatsworth Court
Pembroke Road
London
W8 6DQ
space numbers 28 and
48)
24
LH AGL209286
LH AGL216320
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Kwai Meng Guibarra
Flat 1019
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
numbers 28 and 48)
116
CPO Schedule V2
Sanjeev Kumar Manjania
19 King Street
Southall
UB2 4DG
number 30)
25
Occupiers
Remarks
Kwai Meng Guibarra
Flat 1019
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
48)
Mr Raju
Flat 1030
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
space number 30)
Mr Raju
Flat 1030
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
space number 30)
Mohammad Tarik
Flat 644 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 31)
Mohammad Tarik
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 31)
LH AGL209291
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
117
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Rahim Ramzan Ismail
Flat 205
Warren House
Warwick Road
London
W14 8TR
number 32)
Ramapantula Shankar
626 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 32)
Ramapantula Shankar
626 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 32)
LH AGL227552
Gianna Righi
Flat 544
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 36)
Gianna Righi
Flat 544
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 36)
LH AGL247803
Ashish Chopra
Flat 442
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 37)
Ashish Chopra
Flat 442
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 37)
LH AGL248990
26
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
118
Occupiers
Remarks
Meena Furze
1281 Flushing Avenue
Clearwater
Florida
33764
USA
number 38)
Muthukamer
Nagarathnam
312 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 38)
Muthakumer
Nagarathnam
312 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 38)
LH AGL200536
John Anthony Furze
1281 Flushing Avenue
Clearwater
Florida
33764
USA
number 38)
Deepa Muthukamer
312 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 38)
Deepa Muthukamer
312 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 38)
Alexis Dorian Furze
8240 Kendall Drive
Huntington Beach
CA92646
USA
number 38)
CPO Schedule V2
27
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Freddie Lourdes Francisco
Coutinho
Flat 525
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 39)
119
Curtis Joseph De Leon
63 Cambridge Road
Hounslow
TW4 7BT
number 41)
CPO Schedule V2
28
Occupiers
Remarks
Freddie Lourdes
Francisco Coutinho
Flat 525
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 39)
LH AGL198578
Saurabh Mehta
Flat 220
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 40)
Saurabh Mehta
Flat 220
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 40)
Suresh Garre
Flat 503
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 41)
Suresh Garre
Flat 503
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 41)
LH AGL266683
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
120
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Shavil Kumar
9 Kilpatrick Way
Hayes
UB4 9SX
numbers 42 and 91)
Shavil Kumar
9 Kilpatrick Way
Hayes
UB4 9SX
91)
LH AGL264517
LH AGL274477
Spiram Vellore
Venkataraman
Flat 428
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 43)
Spiram Vellore
Venkataraman
Flat 428
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 43)
LH AGL248992
Piyanarth Rakshid
Flat 428
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 43)
Piyanarth Rakshid
Flat 428
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 43)
29
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
121
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Carl Smith
Flat 306
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 46)
Carl Smith
Flat 306
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 46)
LH AGL241478
Tasleem Yasin Smith
Flat 306
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 46)
Tasleem Yasin Smith
Flat 306
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 46)
Manisha Mate
Flat 925
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
number 47)
Manisha Mate
Flat 925
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 47)
30
LH AGL275903
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
122
Rashmi Gupta
Flat 440
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
numbers 51 and 52)
CPO Schedule V2
31
Occupiers
Uttam Hazari
Flat 912
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 49)
Uttam Hazari
Flat 912
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 49)
Sudip Nath
Flat 422
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 50)
Sudip Nath
Flat 422
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 50)
Rashmi Gupta
Flat 440
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
52)
Remarks
LH AGL264514
LH AGL264518
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Jayasankar
Sankarapillai
Flat 538
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
66)
LH AGL309267
LH AGL309265
Shamita Joshi
Flat 604
The Blenheim Centre
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
number 57)
Shamita Joshi
Flat 604
The Blenheim Centre
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 57)
LH AGL241778
Nitin Prabhakar Watwe
Flat 1025
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
numbers 60 and 71)
Nitin Prabhakar Watwe LH AGL325286
Flat 1025
LH AGL274090
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
71)
Jayasankar Sankarapillai
Flat 538
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
numbers 53 and 66)
123
CPO Schedule V2
Shipra Kar
Flat 630
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
number 55)
32
LH AGL268595
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
124
CPO Schedule V2
Occupiers
Mr Gavin
Flat 808
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 61)
Mr Gavin
Flat 808
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 61)
Bappaditya Basu
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 62)
Bappaditya Basu
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 62)
Remarks
Hossein Khorshidi
Linje Veien 10
1084 Oslo
Norway
number 63)
LH AGL198595
Bhanudev Mahadev Bhatt
Flat 520
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NQ
number 64)
LH AGL199233
33
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
125
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Linga Panchalingam
38 Raeden Park Road
Aberdeen
AB15 5LQ
number 65)
Sheetel Bisran
252-254 Wellington
Road South
Hounslow
TW4 5JP
space number 65)
Sheetel Bisran
252-254 Wellington
Road South
Hounslow
TW4 5JP
space number 65)
LH AGL197895
Paresh Panigrahi
Flat 534
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 67)
Paresh Panigrahi
Flat 534
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 67)
LH AGL286894
Natasha Jane Rawley
Flat 420
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
number 68)
Natasha Jane Rawley
Flat 420
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 68)
LH AGL241779
Victor Babatunde Ajayi
38 Raeden Park Road
Aberdeen
AB15 5LQ
number 65)
34
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
126
Christopher John Taylor
Flat 1009
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 69)
Christopher John Taylor LH AGL197859
Flat 1009
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 69)
Rizwan Ahmed Khan
Flat 215
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 70)
LH AGL204928
Shamshudin Ahmedali
Ratansi Datoo
13 Birchgrove House
Strand Drive
Kew
Richmond
TW9 4DN
numbers 73, 79, 86 and 87)
CPO Schedule V2
35
Mayank Sinha
236 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 73)
Mayank Sinha
236 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 73)
LH AGL227131
LH AGL241781
LH AGL227453
LH AGL241780
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
127
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Jorge Masalles Sarragua
21 Devonshire Gardens
London
W4 3TN
numbers 74 and 75)
Jorge Masalles
LH AGL290134
Sarragua
LH AGL290152
London
W4 3TN
75)
Sumita Kar
London
W4 3TN
numbers 74 and 75)
Sumita Kar
London
W4 3TN
75)
Ravi Sabba
Flat 641
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
numbers 77 and 90)
Ravi Sabba
Flat 641
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
90)
36
LH AGL323157
LH AGL274786
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Mohsin Majid
212 Staines Road
Hounslow
TW3 3LR
number 78)
Arunara Chakrabarty
444 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 78)
Arunara Chakrabarty
444 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 78)
LH AGL293278
Glenn Carroll
638 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 79)
Glenn Carroll
638 The Blenheim
Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 79)
Rajesh Kumarasamy
Flat 15
Tankerville Court
School Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QJ
space number 80)
Rajesh Kumarasamy
Flat 15
Tankerville Court
School Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QJ
space number 80)
128
CPO Schedule V2
37
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
129
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Manish Mehra
3 West Mead
South Ruislip
HA4 0TW
number 82)
38
Occupiers
Banel Ketan
Flat 816
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 81)
Banel Ketan
Flat 816
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
space number 81)
Kiran Kamble
Flat 636
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 82)
Kiran Kamble
Flat 636
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 82)
Inderjit Pathania
Flat 613
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 83)
Inderjit Pathania
Flat 613
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NJ
space number 83)
Remarks
LH AGL204794
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
130
Vandna Sureshchandra
Pandya
60 Burns Way
Hounslow
TW5 9BA
number 88)
CPO Schedule V2
39
Occupiers
Yogefh Vitavker
Flat 546
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 86)
Yogefh Vitavker
Flat 546
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 86)
Jagpreet Singh
Flat 516
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 87)
Jagpreet Singh
Flat 516
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1ND
space number 87)
Remarks
Vandna Sureshchandra LH AGL241466
Pandya
60 Burns Way
Hounslow
TW5 9BA
space number 88)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Nitin Rampal
43 Renaissance Court
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QH
space number 93)
Nitin Rampal
43 Renaissance Court
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1QH
space number 93)
131
Peter Frederick Blake
Flat 1026
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NN
number 95)
Remarks
LH AGL228084
Chantal Blake
24 Lower Green Road
Esher
KT10 8HD
number 95)
East Hope Town Limited
c/o Castle Ryce
Clock House
87 Paines Lane
Pinner
HA5 3BY
number 96)
CPO Schedule V2
40
Deepak Arora
Flat 234
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 96)
Deepak Arora
Flat 234
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 96)
LH AGL269435
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
132
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Occupiers
Annu Arora
Flat 234
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 96)
Annu Arora
Flat 234
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 96)
Remarks
Thomas Joseph Mieszkowski
3 Meadow Close
Broadmeadows
Outwood
Wakefield
WF1 3TB
number 97)
Thomas Joseph
Mieszkowski
3 Meadow Close
Broadmeadows
Outwood
Wakefield
WF1 3TB
space number 97)
LH AGL270940
Ho Cheung Yun
1 Garside Close
Hampton
TW12 3AN
number 98)
Ho Cheung Yun
1 Garside Close
Hampton
TW12 3AN
space number 98)
LH AGL285243
Sureshchandre Pandya
60 Burns Way
Hounslow
TW5 9BA
number 99)
Sureshchandre Pandya LH AGL241467
60 Burns Way
Hounslow
TW5 9BA
space number 99)
41
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Daniel Dar-Nell
Flat 639
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
number 100)
Occupiers
Remarks
Daniel Dar-Nell
Flat 639
The Blenheim Centre
Prince Regent Road
Hounslow
TW3 1NB
space number 100)
LH AGL229226
133
London United
Busways House
Wellington Road
Twickenham
TW2 5NX
(in respect of bus stop
number H37)
UK Parking Control Ltd
Unit 29
1-2 Denham Parade
Oxford Road
Uxbridge
UB9 4DZ
management)
CPO Schedule V2
42
04/02/2015
land
(1)
(2)
26
57 square metres of basement
car park and steps at ground
level to car park known as
Holloway Street Car Park,
Prince Regent Road, Hounslow
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
_
27
119 square metres of paved
crossing and access road
known as Prince Regent Road
adjacent to residential and retail
units known as Blenheim
Centre, Hounslow
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
_
134
Number on
Map
(3)
_
Occupiers
Remarks
Unoccupied
FH AGL217432
Unoccupied
FH AGL135340
Buses and taxis
only - no public
right of way - not
adopted
Unknown
(in respect of mines and
minerals)
28
square metres of car park
known as Holloway Street Car
Park, Prince Regent Road and
half width of highway known as
CPO Schedule V2
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
43
_
UK Parking Control Ltd FH MX196855
Unit 29
1-2 Denham Parade
Oxford Road
Uxbridge
UB9 4DZ
management)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
29
135
64 square metres of verge to
Regent Road adjacent to
residential and retail units
known as Blenheim Centre,
Hounslow
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
_
_
Unoccupied
FH AGL135340
_
_
Royal Mail Estates
Limited
100 Victoria
Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
FH AGL158760
Unknown
(in respect of mines and
minerals)
30
square metres of exit road from
commercial premises known as
Hounslow Delivery Office,
footpath to Enquiry Office and
half width of highway known as
CPO Schedule V2
Royal Mail Estates Limited
100 Victoria Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
44
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
31
136
square metres of residential
premises known as 47 Holloway
Street and half width of highway
known as Holloway Street,
Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega Housing Limited
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
CPO Schedule V2
Occupiers
Miss Matazins
47 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Miss Matazins
47 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH MX223953
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
45
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
32
Hounslow
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
Tiffany Paris Parton
45 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Tiffany Paris Parton
45 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL205375
137
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
33
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
46
Amy Norris
43 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Amy Norris
43 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL190890
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
34
138
Hounslow
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
The Occupier
41 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
35
Occupiers
The Occupier
41 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL194081
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
47
Sall Violante
39 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Sall Violante
39 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH AGL14439
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
36
139
Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
R Suganthiny
37 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
37
Occupiers
R Suganthiny
37 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL85920
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Amy Rose Simpson
35 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
48
_
Amy Rose Simpson
35 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL19058
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
38
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
140
All interests, other than those of Unknown
square metres of passageway presumption to subsoil)
in between 35 and 33 Holloway
Hounslow
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Unregistered
Jolly Bath
33 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL307029
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
39
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
49
Jolly Bath
33 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
40
141
Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
Zeinab Ismail
31 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
41
Occupiers
Zeinab Ismail
31 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL303572
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
50
The Occupier
29 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
The Occupier
29 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL310044
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
42
142
Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
Jade Parton
27 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
43
Occupiers
Jade Parton
27 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL315472
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Surinder Singh Sehajpal
25 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
51
Shaikh Mohammed
Ibrahim
25 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Shaikh Mohammed
Ibrahim
25 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL302188
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Occupiers
Zeenat Ibrahim
25 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Zeenat Ibrahim
25 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Remarks
143
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
44
Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
CPO Schedule V2
Nadia Ghose
23 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Nadia Ghose
23 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL316076
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
52
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
45
Hounslow
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Omega House
495 Lea Bridge Road
London
E10 7EB
Emma O'Brien
21 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Emma O'Brien
21 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH MX199610
144
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
46
Hounslow
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Badsha Miah
19 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
(last known address)
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
CPO Schedule V2
53
Raja Reddy Dasaram
19 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Raja Reddy Dasaram
19 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Usharani Dasaram
19 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Usharani Dasaram
19 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL303952
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
47
145
Hounslow
Jean Ellen Louise Raymond
17 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
48
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Jean Ellen Louise
Raymond
17 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL308746
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Kate Ruth Smith
15 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
54
_
Kate Ruth Smith
15 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH AGL91815
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
49
146
Hounslow
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Moin Aziz Syyed
13 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
Moin Aziz Syyed
13 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH P40520
Basitt Mahmood Syyed
13 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
CPO Schedule V2
55
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
50
Hounslow
147
51
square metres of half width of
highway known as Holloway
Street adjacent to former Post
Office known 9 Holloway Street,
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
(3)
Narinder Kaur Tamber
11 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
_
_
Occupiers
Remarks
Narinder Kaur Tamber
11 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
FH NGL2641
Manjit SinghTamber
11 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
Vijaya Bhaskar Palavelli
11 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
London
EC4Y 0HQ
(in respect of presumption to
subsoil)
_
56
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH AGL158760
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH NGL69880
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
52
148
Street, Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
CPO Schedule V2
57
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
53
Street, Hounslow
(3)
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
Occupiers
Remarks
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH MX262849
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH MX213309
149
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
54
pedestrian footway known as
CPO Schedule V2
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
58
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
(in respect of 162B
High Street)
FH NGL226226
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
150
55
Not allocated
56
Not allocated
57
Not allocated
58
premises known as 162B High
Street, Hounslow
by any of there to:
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
(in respect of 162B High
Street)
_
swing the jib of a crane, loaded
or unloaded through the
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
59
04/02/2015
land
(1)
(2)
59
Street and residential premises
known as Flat 1, Flat 2, Flat 3
and Flat 4, 170 High Street,
Hounslow
Jagjit Singh Nanda
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
by any of there to:
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
The Occupier
Flat 1
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Kunwar Ajit Singh
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Cleofe Albano
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Daniel Donovan
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
151
Number on
Map
(3)
_
_
Occupiers
Remarks
Eva Fashions
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
FH MX172505
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
60
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Amruta Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
152
Nirmal Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
The Occupier
Flat 4
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
60
Street, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Foret
Windmill Park
Wrotham Heath
TN15 7SY
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
61
_
Trespass Europe
Limited
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
FH MX156733
LH AGL263041
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
Kentucky Fried Chicken
(Great Britain) Limited
Orion Gate
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
(in respect of 182-184 High
Street)
Occupiers
Remarks
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
61
153
premises known as 182 - 186
(evens) High Street, Hounslow
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
The Optical Shop (Hounslow)
Limited
Unit 3
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
Street)
62
_
Kentucky Fried Chicken FH MX341859
(Great Britain) Limited LH AGL18686
Orion Gate
LH AGL36713
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
(in respect of 182-184
High Street)
The Optical Shop
(Hounslow) Limited
Unit 3
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
Street)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
62
premises known as 188, 188a
and 188b High Street,
Hounslow
(3)
SJR Retail LLP
5th Floor
London
W1U 3RF
Deichmann-Shoes UK
Limited
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
(in respect of 188-188a High
Street)
154
by any of there to:
_
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
Street)
Street, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Taxtone Limited
48 Riverside Walk
Isleworth
TW7 6HP
Talk Talk Mobile Phones
Limited
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
63
Remarks
Deichmann-Shoes UK FH MX340238
Limited
LH AGL249858
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
(in respect of 188-188a
High Street)
The Carphone
LH AGL29705
Warehouse Limited
1 Portal Way
London
W3 6RS
Street)
airspace over the
land/premises.
63
Occupiers
_
Talk Talk Mobile
Phones Limited
1351 Yardley Wood
Road
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
(trading as 02)
FH MX65721
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Talarius Limited
Birch House
Woodlands Business
Park
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
(trading as Quicksilver
Amusements)
FH MX214356
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
64
155
Steven Sharpe
yard and retail premises known Kenwood House
as 192 High Street, Hounslow Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
by any of there to:
RAL Limited
Birch House
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
_
Gavin Mark Sharpe
Kenwood House
Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
64
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
65
(3)
First Floor
10 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BE
Finechance Limited
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
_
by any of there to:
Occupiers
Remarks
Moda Italiana
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
FH NGL261851
LH AGL293111
The Occupier
194A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
156
airspace over the
land/premises.
Stephanie Small
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Daniel Shearman
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
66
Street, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
41 Butts Hill Road
Woodly
Reading
RG5 4NJ
44 High Street
Chesham
HP5 1EP
65
_
JS Pound
196 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
FH MX71032
Archer Kane sold
property in
December 2014
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
by any of there to:
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH AGL294492
No 1 Olympic Way
London
HA9 0NP
airspace over the
land/premises.
67
157
highway known as Alexandra
Road adjacent to Holloway
Street Car Park, Hounslow
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
_
_
by any of there to:
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
swing the jib of a crane, loaded (as highway authority)
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
66
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
68
Road adjacent to residential
premises known as 2A and 2B
Balfour Road, Hounslow
(3)
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
Occupiers
Remarks
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH MX201699
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH NGL420918
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
airspace over the
land/premises.
158
by any of there to:
69
Road adjacent to Alexandra
House, Balfour Road, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
Holding & Management
(Solitaire) Limited
10 Pollen House
Cork Street
London
W1S 3NP
subsoil)
67
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH AGL158092
by any of there to:
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
airspace over the
land/premises.
159
70
Road adjacent to private car
park, Alexandra Road,
Hounslow
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
subsoil)
_
_
by any of there to:
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
68
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
71
car park, paved crossing and
Regent Road adjacent to
residential and retail units
known as Blenheim Centre,
Hounslow
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
160
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
subsoil)
_
_
Unoccupied
FH AGL135340
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
_
_
Unoccupied
FH AGL294492
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
71A
car park and access road
known as Prince Regent Street,
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
69
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
Unoccupied
FH AGL135340
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
161
72
33 square metres of paved
crossing and access road
known as Prince Regent Road
adjacent to residential and retail
units known as Blenheim
Centre, Hounslow
Legal and General
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
subsoil)
_
_
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
70
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
72A
(3)
5 square metres of access road The Mayor and the
known as Prince Regent Street, Burgesses of the London
Hounslow
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Occupiers
Remarks
_
_
Unoccupied
FH AGL294492
_
_
Royal Mail Estates
Limited
100 Victoria
Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
FH AGL158760
162
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
73
1081 square metres of
Hounslow Delivery Office,
Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
London
EC4Y 0HQ
71
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
British Telecommunications
plc
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
Autumnwindow Limited
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
Occupiers
Remarks
Royal Mail Estates
Limited
100 Victoria
Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
FH AGL101504
LH AGL101506
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
74
163
54 square metres of Depot at
Hounslow Telephone
Exchange, Holloway Street,
Hounslow
by any of there to:
British Telecommunications
plc
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
_
British
LH AGL101505
Telecommunications plc and
81 Newgate Street
LH AGL101507
London
EC1A 7AJ
airspace over the
land/premises.
London
EC4Y 0HQ
CPO Schedule V2
72
LH NGL515471
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Autumnwindow No. 2 Limited
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
75
217 square metres of
Hounslow Delivery Office, 9
Remarks
LH AGL101507
London
EC4Y 0HQ
_
_
Royal Mail Estates
Limited
100 Victoria
Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
FH AGL158760
The Mayor and the
Borough of Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
subsoil)
_
_
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
FH NGL69880
MX262849
MX213309
164
by any of there to:
airspace over the
land/premises.
76
highway known as Matisse
Road, Hounslow
CPO Schedule V2
73
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
land
(1)
(2)
(3)
Occupiers
Remarks
165
by any of there to:
London Borough of
Hounslow
The Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
airspace over the
land/premises.
CPO Schedule V2
74
04/02/2015
Table 2
Number on
Map
(4)
Other qualifying persons under section 12(2A)(a) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981
(5)
Name and address
1
Description of Interest to be acquired
Other qualifying persons under section12(2A)(b) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 - not
otherwise shown in Tables 1 & 2
(6)
Name and address
166
Barclays Bank plc
Mortgage dated 13 August 2012
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
and
Business Lending Services
PO Box 16276
Birmingham
B2 2XE
(as mortgagee of a registered charge
on freehold title number NGL226226)
(mortgagor Dimple's Beauty Limited)
Description of the land for which the person in
adjoining column is likely to make a claim
_
_
Lloyds Bank plc
Mortgage dated 17 January 1989
25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
on leasehold title number
NGL229643)
(mortgagor Peter John Roper)
CPO Schedule V2
75
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
(6)
167
Name and address
2
Charity Commission Direct
PO Box 1227
Liverpool
L69 3UG
Restriction: no disposition to which
section 36 or 38 of the Charities Act
1993 applies is to be registered unless
the instrument contains a certificate
complying with section 37(2) of that
Act as appropriate
_
_
3
Blenheim Trading Limited
1 Knightsbridge
3rd Floor
London
SW1X 7LX
Option to sell contained in a Call
Option Agreement dated 14 June
2010
_
_
Jagath Don Manuwelge Don
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 166A High Street)
Right of way
Amlika Saunne
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Sujay Sohani
166B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 166B High Street)
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
Name and address
76
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
4
(5)
168
Name and address
1 Knightsbridge
3rd Floor
London
SW1X 7LX
2010
Swarnathilaka Kumari Hamy
Abeykone
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Kasun Hapuarachchi
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Shantha Hapu Arachchige
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
David Powley
168B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
77
_
_
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
5
(6)
Name and address
State Bank of India
Mortgage dated 19 June 2009
15 King Street
London
EC2V 8EA
on freehold title number MX435297)
(mortgagee Jagjit Singh Nanda,
Jaskaran Singh Purewal, Kunwar Ajit
Singh and Josh Ajit Singh Arora)
_
_
169
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
(in respect of 162A, 162B, 162C and
162D High Street)
Right of way
The Occupier
162A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
78
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
170
Name and address
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
Right of way
The Occupier
162C High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 162C High Street)
Right of way
The Occupier
162D High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 162D High Street)
Right of way
Second Floor
Capital City
Independence Avenue
PO Box 1312
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
and
c/o 90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
(in respect of 164 and 164A High
Street)
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
79
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
180 Hampstead Road
London
NW1 7AW
(in respect of 164 High Street)
Right of way
(6)
Name and address
171
Legal and General Assurance Society Right of way
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
(in respect of 166 and 168 High
Street)
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Amlika Saunne
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Sujay Sohani
166B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
80
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
172
Name and address
Rabani Ayoubi
3 Vimy Close
Hounslow
TW4 5AF
Right of way
Abeykone
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Kasun Hapuarachchi
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
David Powley
168B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
81
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
173
Name and address
Eva Fashions
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 1
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of Flat 1 170 High Street)
Right of way
Cleofe Albano
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Daniel Donovan
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
82
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
174
Name and address
Amruta Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Nirmal Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 4
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
83
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
6
Name and address
State Bank of India
15 King Street
London
EC2V 8EA
(mortgagor Jagjit Singh Nanda,
175
Eva Fashions
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 1
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Cleofe Albano
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
_
84
_
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
176
Name and address
Daniel Donovan
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Amruta Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Nirmal Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 4
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
85
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
Nationwide Building Society
Mortgage dated 25 April 2008
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
One Threadneedle Street
London
EC2R 8AW
(mortgagor Aurelia Properties Limited)
_
_
8
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
on freehold title number AGL7600)
_
_
177
7
CPO Schedule V2
86
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
9
10
_
Name and address
_
178
CPO Schedule V2
_
Mortgage dated 03 October 2006
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
(mortgagor Toplain Limited)
Barclays Bank plc
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
(as mortgagee of a charge on
leasehold title number NGL545778)
(mortgagor Reed Employment
Limited)
(6)
Unknown
_
Unknown restrictive covenants as may
have been imposed thereon prior to
14 June 1962 and are still subsisting
and capable of being enforced
Charge referred to in Deed of
Guarantee and Debenture dated 24
April 1981
87
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
11
(5)
179
Name and address
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
(in respect of 178 and 180 High
Street)
Right of way
Academy Court
94 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DT
Right of way
136 The Broadway
Southall
UB1 1QN
Right of way
ITS Convenience Store
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
_
88
_
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
180
Name and address
The Occupier
178A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 1
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 2
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
The Body Shop International plc
Watersmead
Littlehampton
BN17 6LS
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
89
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
181
12
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
_
_
13
Santander UK plc
2 Triton Square
Regents Place
London
NW1 3AN
(mortgagor SJR Retail LLP - charge
reference NT444699)
_
_
14
Bank of Ireland
Mortgage dated 09 November 2001
40 Mepsil Road
Dublin 4
(mortgagor Taxtone Limited)
_
_
CPO Schedule V2
90
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited
Mortgage dated 01 July 1997
8 Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ
and
78 St James's Street
London
SW1A 1JB
(mortgagor Steven Sharpe and Gavin
Mark Sharpe)
_
_
16
Mortgage dated 09 September 1999
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
(mortgagor Bridge Estates Limited)
_
_
_
_
182
15
17
CPO Schedule V2
_
_
91
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
183
18
Not allocated
19
Not allocated
20
Not allocated
21
Not allocated
22
Not allocated
23
Not allocated
24
Legal and General Assurance Society
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
Restriction; no disposition of the
Unknown
registered estate is to be registered
without a certificate that the provisions
of clause 5 of a Deed of Covenant
dated 14 June 2010 have been
complied with
92
Rights of drainage and rights of entry
for maintaining the drains and
watercourses (21 May 1936, 01 June
1951); rights of drainage and running
of water and soil, gas and electricity
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
(6)
184
Name and address
Name and address
1 Knightsbridge
3rd Floor
London
SW1X 7LX
Unilateral Notice in respect of an
Agreement to grant a Deed of
Easement dated 12 November 2004
Unknown successors in title to Arthur Restrictive covenants relating to use
Edward Fricker
of land known as Holloway Street Car
Park; no house or building shall be
used for any trade manufacture or
business, restrictions relating to
building lines (Conveyance 28 March
1876, 02 May 1876 and 23 May 1876
and 18 July 1876, 08 June 1877, 15
June 1877, 15 June 1877)
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
(in respect of 162A, 162B, 162C and
162D High Street)
Right of way
Unknown
The Occupier
162A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Unknown successors in title to William Restrictive covenants relating to use
Melmoth Walters and Wiliam Henry
of land known as Smithy Lane; not to
Rice
erect or allow any building or other
obstruction to be erected or built and
that the same should be used as a
road or way only (Conveyance 01
September 1904)
CPO Schedule V2
93
Unknown restrictive covenants as may
have been imposed thereon prior to
14 June 1962 and are still subsisting
and capable of being enforced
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
185
Name and address
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
Right of way
The Occupier
162C High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 162C High Street)
Right of way
The Occupier
162D High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
(in respect of 162D High Street)
Right of way
Second Floor
Capital City
Independence Avenue
PO Box 1312
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
and
c/o 90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
(in respect of 164 and 164A High
Street)
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
94
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
186
Name and address
180 Hampstead Road
London
NW1 7AW
Right of way
Louise Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Rosemary Welford
164A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
(6)
Name and address
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
CPO Schedule V2
Right of way
95
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
187
Name and address
Amlika Saunne
166A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Sujay Sohani
166B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Rabani Ayoubi
3 Vimy Close
Hounslow
TW4 5AF
Right of way
Abeykone
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Kasun Hapuarachchi
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
96
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
188
Name and address
168A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
David Powley
168B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Eva Fashions
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 1
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Cleofe Albano
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
97
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
189
Name and address
Daniel Donovan
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Amruta Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Nirmal Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 4
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
98
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
190
Name and address
Foret
Windmill Park
Wrotham Heath
TN15 7SY
Right of way
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
Right of way
Mantle Investments Limited
Second Floor
Capital City
Independence Avenue
PO Box 1312
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
and
c/o Pelham Associates
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
99
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
191
Name and address
Specsavers Optical Superstores
Limited
Forum 6 Parkway
Whiteley
Fareham
PO15 7PA
Right of way
Bhogal Partners Solicitors LLP
1st and 2nd Floors
174 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
(in respect of 178-186 High Street)
Right of way
Academy Court
94 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1DT
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
100
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
192
Name and address
136 The Broadway
Southall
UB1 1QN
Right of way
ITS Convenience Store
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
178A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Right of way
The Occupier
Flat 1
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
101
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
193
Name and address
The Occupier
Flat 2
178 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
The Body Shop International plc
Watersmead
Littlehampton
BN17 6LS
Right of way
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great
Britain) Limited
Orion Gate
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
Right of way
(6)
Name and address
The Optical Shop (Hounslow) Limited Right of way
Unit 3
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
CPO Schedule V2
102
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
194
Name and address
SJR Retail LLP
5th Floor
London
W1U 3RF
(in respect of 188, 188a, 188b High
Street)
Right of way
Deichmann-Shoes UK Limited
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
(in respect of 188-188a High Street)
Right of way
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
(in respect of 188b High Street)
Right of way
The Carphone Warehouse Limited
1 Portal Way
London
W3 6RS
(in respect of 188b High Street)
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
103
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
195
Name and address
Taxtone Limited
48 Riverside Walk
Isleworth
TW7 6HP
Right of way
Talk Talk Mobile Phones Limited
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
Right of way
Steven Sharpe
Kenwood House
Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
Right of way
Gavin Mark Sharpe
Kenwood House
Kenwood Close
London
NW3 7JL
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
104
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
196
Name and address
RAL Limited
Birch House
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
Right of way
Talarius Limited
Birch House
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes
MK14 6EW
(trading as Quicksilver Amusements)
Right of way
First Floor
10 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BE
Right of way
Finechance Limited
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
105
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
197
Name and address
Moda Italiana
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
The Occupier
194A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
Stephanie Small
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
Daniel Shearman
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
41 Butts Hill Road
Woodly
Reading
RG5 4NJ
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
106
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
198
Name and address
No 1 Olympic Way
London
HA9 0NP
Right of way
44 High Street
Chesham
HP5 1EP
Right of way
JS Pound
196 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Right of way
Lawford Properties Limited
c/o Batt Holden Solicitors
The Old Exchange
12 Compton Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 7QD
Right of way
Leaseholders of car parking spaces
Right of way
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
107
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
25
(5)
199
Name and address
BDW Trading Limited
Barratt House
Cartwright Way
Forest Business Park
Bardon Hill
Coalville
LE67 1UF
Unilateral Notice in respect of a
contract relating to parking rights
dated 17 April 2002
1 Knightsbridge
3rd Floor
London
SW1X 7LX
2010
(6)
Name and address
_
_
Mortgage dated 14 December 2012
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
and
Halifax Division
1 Lovell Park Road
Leeds
LS1 1NS
AGL274090)
(mortgagor Nitin Prabhakar Watwe)
CPO Schedule V2
108
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Asda Stores Limited
Asda House
South Bank
Great Wilson Street
Leeds
LS11 5AD
(in respect of basement car park)
Right of way
26
Asda Stores Limited
Asda House
South Bank
Great Wilson Street
Leeds
LS11 5AD
(in respect of basement car park)
Right of way
27
Rights for The Blenheim Centre over
the private road - Extent of
Designated Highway to be ascertained
28
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
29
_
200
Name and address
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Name and address
_
_
Unknown successors in title to Arthur Unknown restrictive covenants
Edward Fricker
referred to in Conveyance dated 15
June 1877
complied with
_
_
109
_
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
(6)
30
Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Floating charge dated 19 March 2007
31
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
Unknown successors in title to Arthur
Edward Fricker
complied with
Restrictive covenants relating to use
of land known as 47 Holloway Street;
not to carry on any trade or business;
building line restrictions (Conveyance
dated 29 June 1877)
32
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
Edward Fricker
complied with
dated 29 June 1877)
33
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
Edward Fricker
complied with
dated 15 June 1877 and 31 December
1879)
201
Name and address
CPO Schedule V2
Name and address
110
_
_
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
Unknown
Restriction; except under an order of
the registrar no disposition to be
registered un less made in
accordance with the Local
Government Act 1933 or some other
Act or authority
34
_
(6)
Name and address
_
Edward Fricker
dated 15 June 1877)
202
Unknown successors in title to Wiliam Restrictive covenants relating to use
Hayes
building line restrictions (31 December
1879)
35
_
_
Edward Fricker
dated 15 June 1877)
Hayes
1879)
CPO Schedule V2
111
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
36
(5)
(6)
Name and address
Name and address
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
Edward Fricker
complied with
dated 15 June 1877)
Hayes
1879)
203
37
_
_
Edward Fricker
dated 15 June 1877)
Hayes
1879)
38
_
_
39
_
_
CPO Schedule V2
_
Unknown successors in title to
Charles Edward Orridge
112
_
building line restrictions (16 August
1879)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
(6)
204
Name and address
40
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
complied with
41
_
42
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
CPO Schedule V2
Name and address
_
1879)
1879)
complied with
1879)
113
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
43
205
Lloyds Bank plc
Mortgage dated 21 February 2011
25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
and
Pendeford Securities Centre
Pendeford Business Park
Wobaston Road
Wolverhampton
WV9 5HZ
(mortgagor Surinder Singh Sehajpal)
44
_
45
Limited
1 Coleman Street
London
EC2R 5AA
CPO Schedule V2
_
(6)
Name and address
1879)
Edward Fricker
dated 05 May 1876)
Edward Fricker
complied with
114
dated 05 May 1876)
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
46
206
_
_
48
_
_
49
Name and address
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
and
Birmingham Midshires Division
Pendeford Business Park
Wobaston Road
Wolverhampton
WV9 5HZ
(mortgagor Badsha Miah)
47
Kate Ruth Smith
15 Holloway Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BD
(in respect of 15 Holloway Street)
CPO Schedule V2
(6)
Edward Fricker
dated 05 May 1876)
Edward Fricker
dated 05 May 1876)
_
Right of way
_
Edward Fricker
dated 05 May 1876)
115
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
50
(6)
Name and address
207
Barclays Bank plc
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
and
PO Box 274
Millshaw Court
Global Avenue
Leeds
LS11 1FR
(trading as The Woolwich)
(mortgagor Narinder Kaur Tamber
and Manjit Singh Tamber)
Edward Fricker
dated 01 November 1875)
51
_
_
_
_
52
_
_
_
_
53
_
_
_
_
54
_
_
_
_
55
Not allocated
56
Not allocated
CPO Schedule V2
116
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
208
57
Not allocated
58
Barclays Bank plc
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
and
Business Lending Services
PO Box 16276
Birmingham
B2 2XE
(mortgagor Dimple's Beauty Limited)
_
_
Lloyds Bank plc
Mortgage dated 17 January 1989
25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
NGL229643)
(mortgagor Peter John Roper)
CPO Schedule V2
117
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
State Bank of India
15 King Street
London
EC2V 8EA
(mortgagor Jagjit Singh Nanda,
_
_
60
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
_
_
209
59
CPO Schedule V2
118
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
and
London
EC2R 8AW
_
_
62
Santander UK plc
2 Triton Square
Regents Place
London
NW1 3AN
(mortgagor SJR Retail LLP - charge
reference NT444699)
_
_
210
61
CPO Schedule V2
119
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
Bank of Ireland
Mortgage dated 09 November 2001
40 Mepsil Road
Dublin 4
(mortgagor Taxtone Limited)
_
_
64
HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited
Mortgage dated 01 July 1997
8 Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ
and
78 St James's Street
London
SW1A 1JB
(mortgagor Steven Sharpe and Gavin
Mark Sharpe)
_
_
65
Mortgage dated 09 September 1999
Nationwide House
Pipers Way
Swindon
SN38 1NW
(mortgagor Bridge Estates Limited)
_
_
_
_
211
63
66
CPO Schedule V2
_
_
120
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Name and address
212
67
_
_
_
_
68
_
_
_
_
69
_
_
_
_
70
_
_
_
_
71
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CPO Schedule V2
Ricco Pakkiri
19 Lampton Park Road
Hounslow
TW3 4HS
121
Potential right of light in respect of Unit
7 Red Lion Court, Alexandra Road,
Hounslow
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
213
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Cherry Hill School Trust Limited
66 Violet Avenue
Hillingdon
UB8 3PS
Hounslow
003 Limited
Neals Corner Suite 16
2 Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3HJ
Hounslow
Seema Parikh
The Firs
11A Woodbury Close
Croydon
CR0 5PR
Hounslow
MPR Solicitors LLP
Unit 8 Red Lion Court
Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1JS
Hounslow
The Aesthetics Beauty Clinic
Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1JS
Hounslow
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
214
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Shella Deen
Autumn Lodge
Hurtmore Road
Hurtmore
Godalming
GU7 2RB
Hounslow
Burnel & Co
Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1JS
Hounslow
New Imperial College Limited
Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1JS
Hounslow
Humble Healthcare Limited
Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1JS
Hounslow
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
215
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Pandastar Limited
5 Trinity
161 Old Christchurch Road
Bournemouth
BH1 1JU
(trading as National Slimming
Centres)
Hounslow
Luisa Burnel
33 Layburn Crescent
Colnbrook
SL3 8QL
Hounslow
Holding & Management (Solitaire)
Limited
10 Pollen House
Cork Street
London
W1S 3NP
Potential right of light in respect of
Alexandra House, Balfour Road,
Hounslow
Sabena Alam
Flat 1
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Potential right of light in respect of Flat
1, 2b Alexandra Road, Hounslow
Manpreet Singh Pooni
30 Firs Drive
Hounslow
TW5 9TD
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
216
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Gary Matthews
Flat 2
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Josephine Dixon
Flat 2
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Sham Loomba
182 Spring Grove Road
Isleworth
TW7 4BG
The Occupier
Flat 3
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Julieta Asuncion
Flat 4
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
217
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Avinash Alexander Devasundaram
6 Richmond Hill Court
Richmond
TW10 6BD
Nithya Mary Devasundaram
6 Richmond Hill Court
Richmond
TW10 6BD
Satya Prasad Anumolu
Flat 5
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Bharata Lakshmi Donelli
Flat 5
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Michelle Louise Charles
Flat 6
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 4HN
Sheilender Kumar Pathak
1 Fielding Gardens
Langley
SL3 7ED
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
218
CPO Schedule V2
127
(6)
Name and address
Sudhinder Kumar Pathak
14 Parsons Road
Langley
SL3 7GU
Annabella Pathak
1 Fielding Gardens
Langley
SL3 7ED
Mamta Pathak
14 Parsons Road
Langley
SL3 7GU
Sirajudeen Musthafa
Flat 7
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Pheresapriya Musthafa
Flat 7
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Srinivas Rao Movva
Flat 8
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
219
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Soumya Jasthi
Flat 8
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Anjna Loomba
57 Draper Close
Isleworth
TW7 4SX
Harjinder Bangar
Flat 9
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Mandeep Singh Walia
3 Moreton Avenue
Isleworth
TW7 4NW
Rasneet Choudhary
3 Moreton Avenue
Isleworth
TW7 4NW
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
220
CPO Schedule V2
129
(6)
Name and address
Vikas Doshi
Flat 10
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LJ
Shika Mehta
Flat 10
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LJ
Ruchir Verma
Flat 11
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Rashmi Nigam
Flat 11
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Simon Douglas Mamic
Flat 12
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
221
CPO Schedule V2
130
(6)
Name and address
Rina Devi Shah
10 Granville Avenue
Hounslow
TW3 3TF
Abhijit Ramchandra Pathak
Flat 13
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Ivy Pathak
Flat 13
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Bibek Kumar Shrestha
Flat 14
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Anjita Panday
Flat 14
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
222
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Meeri Hilkka Anneli Raukovaara
Flat 15
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Karen Lorraine Lucas
Flat 16
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Abdul Rashid Khan
Harefield
Ditten Road
Slough
SL3 8PR
Nitin Sahni
Flat 17
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
Aarati Gupta
Flat 17
2b Alexandra Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LX
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
223
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Velji Jinabhai Ladva
27 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Potential right of light in respect of 27
Lansdowne Road, Hounslow
Latta Velji Ladva
27 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Meera Velji Ladva
27 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Mahavir Vlji Ladva
27 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Kapil Dev Garga
37 Berwick Avenue
Hayes
UB4 0NG
Naresh Garga
37 Berwick Avenue
Hayes
UB4 0NG
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
224
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
The Occupier
25 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Jawahir Kirit Toprani
23 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Khyati Jawahir Toprani
23 Lansdowne Road
Hounslow
TW3 1LQ
Sherrygold No 1. Limited
Jubilee House
7-9 The Oaks
Ruislip
HA4 7LF
National Westminster Bank plc
135 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 3UR
and
Drummond House
PO Box 1727
1 Redhenghs Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 9JN
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
225
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
c/o SRV Delson
Amba House
15 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BA
162b High Street, Hounslow
14 Avondale Gardens
Hounslow
TW4 5HZ
Jagjit Singh Nanda
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
226
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
Kunwar Ajit Singh
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Pure Life
399 Uxbridge Road
Southall
UB1 3EJ
Eva Fashions
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
The Occupier
Flat 1
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Cleofe Albano
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
227
CPO Schedule V2
136
(6)
Name and address
Daniel Donovan
Flat 2
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Amruta Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Nirmal Save
Flat 3
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
The Occupier
Flat 4
170 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1BQ
Foret
Windmill Park
Wrotham Heath
TN15 7SY
Vermont House
149 Vermont Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1LU
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
228
Name and address
Toplain Limited
13 Peel Road
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 4LR
Potential right of light in respect of 182186 High Street, Hounslow
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great
Britain) Limited
Orion Gate
Guildford Road
Woking
GU22 7NJ
Potential right of light in respect of 182184 High Street, Hounslow
The Optical Shop (Hounslow) Limited Potential right of light in respect of 186
Unit 3
High Street
Staines
TW18 4QB
SJR Retail LLP
5th Floor
London
W1U 3RF
CPO Schedule V2
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04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
229
CPO Schedule V2
138
(6)
Name and address
Deichmann-Shoes UK Limited
The Laurels
18 Main Street
Lubenham
Market Harborough
LE16 9TF
Potential right of light in respect of 188188a High Street, Hounslow
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ
The Carphone Warehouse Limited
1 Portal Way
London
W3 6RS
Taxtone Limited
48 Riverside Walk
Isleworth
TW7 6HP
Talk Talk Mobile Phones Limited
Shirley
Solihull
B90 1JU
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
230
CPO Schedule V2
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(6)
Name and address
First Floor
10 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BE
Finechance Limited
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
Moda Italiana
194 High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
The Occupier
194A High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
194A High Street, Hounslow
Stephanie Small
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
194B High Street, Hounslow
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
Name and address
(6)
Daniel Shearman
194B High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1HL
194B High Street, Hounslow
London
EC4Y 0HQ
Holloway Street, Hounslow Sorting
Office and Hounslow Telephone
Exchange, Hounslow
British Telecommunications plc
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
Hounslow Telephone Exchange
Autumnwindow Limited
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
231
Name and address
CPO Schedule V2
140
04/02/2015
Number on
Map
(4)
(5)
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(6)
Name and address
Autumnwindow No. 2 Limited
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
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THE COMMON SEAL OF LONDON BOROUGH OF COUNCIL OF HOUNSLOW
was hereunto affixed this
day of
2015
in the presence of :-
………………………………………….......................
A duly authorised Officer
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Agenda Item 7
Report for:
ACTION
No
Title
Appointment of Interim Head of Legal and Monitoring
Officer
Councillor Curran, Leader of the Council
Mary Harpley
Tel: 020 8583 2010
mary.harpley@hounslow.gov.uk
Borough Council
24 March 2015
N/A
Member Reporting
Contact Details
Not Called In
Affected Wards
Keywords/Index
1.
All
Monitoring Officer, appointment, interim, shared service
That Borough Council
1. Approves the interim appointment of Caroline Eaton as Head of Legal and
Monitoring Officer to the Council with effect from 25 March 2015
2. Authorises the amendment of the constitution so as to remove all references
within it to the Assistant Director Corporate Governance by substituting
these with the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer.
expect to notice a difference
The Monitoring Officer is a statutory role and which
On-going
requires the post holder to act with the utmost
integrity and probity. The role enhances the overall
reputation of the Council.
2.
Report Summary
1. The purpose of this report is to seek the necessary approval to appoint an
Interim Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer following the deletion of the
post of Assistant Director of Corporate Governance on the retirement of the
current post holder, with effect from 25 March 2015.
2. It is a statutory requirement under section 5 of the Local Government and
Housing Act 1989 (as amended) to appoint a Monitoring Officer to the
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Council.
3. An offer of employment as a chief officer or deputy chief officer shall only be
made where no well-founded objection from any member of the Cabinet has
been received. That process having been duly followed, Caroline Eaton has
been offered and has accepted the interim role of Head of Legal and
Monitoring Officer.
4. We are in the process of transferring the legal service to HB Public Law, a
shared legal service previously established by Harrow and Barnet Councils.
This is planned to be completed on 1st June 2015, but this Council will retain
its own legally-qualified Monitoring Officer. Recruitment to this permanent
position will start shortly. The Interim Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer
will remain in post after 1 June 2015 until the permanent arrangements are
in place.
5. This report also seeks authority to amend the constitution to remove all
references to the Assistant Director Corporate Governance and to substitute
these with the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer.
3.
Reason for Decision and Options Considered
3.1
Under section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as
amended), the Council has a duty to appoint a Monitoring Officer.
3.2
The Monitoring Officer has a number of statutory duties and responsibilities
relating to the Council’s Constitution and the arrangements for effective
governance. These duties include maintaining the Constitution, ensuring that
no decision or omission of the Council is likely to give rise to illegality or
maladministration and promoting high standards of conduct. A full list of the
Monitoring Officer’s responsibilities and delegated powers is included within
the Council’s Constitution.
3.3
Neither the Head of Paid Service nor the Chief Finance Officer can hold the
position of Monitoring Officer. Although it is not a specific requirement for a
Monitoring Officer to be legally qualified, the council has chosen to appoint
Caroline Eaton who is an experienced local government solicitor and who has
deputised for the retiring Monitoring Officer, the Assistant Director of
Corporate Governance on a number of occasions.
3.4
To enable the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer to carry out her role as
the Council’s most senior solicitor, the constitution will require amendment to
remove all references to the Assistant Director Corporate Governance and
replace these with the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer. This is
particularly important in respect of legal proceedings, the sealing and
authentication of documents and the Code of Conduct.
3.5
Work done by the Monitoring Officer who will remain a Hounslow employee is
excluded from the service to be provided by HB Public Law from 1st June. A
further report will be required in respect of the arrangements for the shared
service and the delegation of legal services functions.
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4.
Key Implications
As set out above.
5.
The cost of the post of Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer will be funded from
within the Council’s revenue budget for legal services.
6.
Legal/Comments of the Assistant Director Corporate Governance
As set out in main body of the report.
7.
Value For Money
N/A
8.
N/A
9.
Risk Management
N/A
10.
An ambitious council delivering quality services and value for money. This
particularly relevant in respect of the overall management and performance of the
legal shared service.
11.
In making any decision the Council is required to have due regard to its equalities
duties and in particular section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, to eliminate
discrimination, harassment, victimisation and eliminate any other conduct that is
prohibited by or under the Act, advance equality of opportunity between persons who
share a protected characteristic and persons who do not share it and to foster good
relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and
persons who do not share it. The decisions in paragraph 1 will not have any adverse
impact on anyone with one or more protected characteristics, namely age, disability,
gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and
sexual orientation.
12.
Staffing/Workforce and Accommodation implications:
The interim Head Monitoring Officer will report to the Council from time to time on the
staff, accommodation and resources required to discharge her functions. Where the
Monitoring Officer requires specialist advice on any matter concerning her statutory
responsibilities she will be able to seek Counsel’s Opinion and will have a budget to
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enable her to do so. The Council will also provide such support from its own
resources, including but not limited to legal and procedural advice
13.
Property and Assets
N/A
14.
None
15.
Consultation
N/A
16.
N/A
17.
Appendices
None
18.
None
REPORT ENDS
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Agenda Item 8
Report for:
ACTION
Title
Member Reporting
Contact Details
Not Called In
Affected Wards
Keywords/Index
1.0
No
CEX053 Establishing a Hounslow Pension Board
Councillor Theo Dennison, Lead Member Finance and
Citizen Engagement
Mary Harpley, Chief Executive
Telephone: 020 8583 2310
Email: lorelei.watson@hounslow.gov.uk
Borough Council
24 March 2015
1st April 2015
All
Pension Fund
That the Council approve the establishment of the Local Pension Board, its
composition, and its terms of reference.
2.0
Report Summary
This report outlines the proposed changes to the structure and
governance arrangements of Local Government Pension Schemes
(LGPS) brought about by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and
associated Regulations. Final regulations have been issued by DCLG
(Department of Communities and Local Government), and guidance has
been issued by the national Shadow Scheme Advisory Board. This paper
is based on the regulations and guidance as they impact directly on
Hounslow.
Local administering authorities are required to establish Pension Boards
by 1st April 2015.
Terms of Reference for the proposed Pension Board for Hounslow,
including a proposal for an Appointments Panel to select the members of
the Pension Board, are the subject of this report.
3.0
Reason for Decision
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3.1
Following the Independent Public Service Pensions Committee report
of 2011, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 gave powers to the
Secretary of State to introduce a number of far reaching changes to
the administration of the LGPS. These included:a new local government pension scheme which has been
effective since 1 April 2014; and
Local Government Pension Fund administering authorities are
required to establish Pension Boards by 1st April 2015.
4.
Background
4.1
Over the past few years there have been major changes proposed by
Government to the way Local Authority Pensions Funds are to be managed
and pensions delivered to beneficiaries. This has been set against the
background of rising costs associated with increasing longevity and a concern
about the balance of cost sharing between taxpayer and beneficiaries. Major
reforms have already been implemented in the administration of pensions, as
has the introduction of a career average earnings scheme. Proposals to
improve investment performance are currently the subject of a separate
consultation process. Proposals to improve scheme governance have also
been issued and are the subject of this report.
4.2
The genesis of these changes was the “Hutton Report”. Government
commissioned Lord Hutton to chair the Independent Public Service Pensions
Commission to review public service pensions and to make recommendations
on how they can be made sustainable and affordable in the long term, and fair
to both public sector workers and the taxpayer. The recommendations made
by Lord Hutton were accepted by the Government and were carried forward
into the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”).
4.3
A key aim of the reform process is to raise the standard of management and
administration of public service pension schemes and to achieve more
effective representation of employer and employee interests in that process.
4.4
The Public Service Pensions Act 2013 included two main provisions to
achieve this policy objective. Firstly, a requirement for responsible authorities
such as the DCLG (Department of Communities and Local Government) to
establish at national level Scheme Advisory Boards with responsibility to
provide advice to relevant Departments on the desirability of changes to their
respective schemes. Secondly, in cases where schemes like the Local
Government Pension Scheme are subject to local administration, there is a
requirement to provide for the establishment of local pension boards to assist
administering authorities with the effective and efficient management and
administration of their schemes.
4.5
This report sets out how these governance changes will impact on the
arrangements for managing the London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund.
5.0
Current Arrangements
5.1
The current arrangements for the management of the Pension Fund have
been in place for a considerable period of time and in line with the practice
across most London Boroughs. The London Borough of Hounslow (LBH) is
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the administering authority for the Pension Fund, for the Council itself and a
number of scheduled and admitted bodies. The Fund itself has now grown to
£750m, with 19,000 members, and 40 employers.
5.2
The Council has delegated the management of the Fund to the Pension Fund
Panel comprising five Councillors (representing the political balance of the
authority), one employer representative, one employee representative, and
one retired staff member.
5.3
The Terms of Reference of the Pension Fund Panel, as agreed by Borough
Council, are:a. To consider on the advice of the S151 Officer and Council‟s Fund
Managers, the Council‟s general policy with regard to Pension Fund
Investments;
b. To make arrangements for the management of the Fund in line with the
Statement of Investment Principles;
c. To monitor the performance of the Fund and its Managers;
d. To exercise the Council‟s voting rights at AGM‟s and EGM‟s of companies in
which the Fund has holdings, after considering the advice of the S151
Officer and appropriate Manager (s); and
e. To overview and agree pension fund administration matters e.g. approval of
Administration Strategy and delivery of the benefits service.
6.0
New Proposals
6.1
The proposals issued by the Government introduce new duties and
responsibilities on local authorities. The proposals are designed to improve
and strengthen fund governance and decision making and reflect the
arrangements in place for large corporate schemes. There are three aspects:a) at national level a Scheme Advisory Board will be established to advise the
Secretary of State on the desirability of making changes to the LGPS
(Local Government Pension Scheme), and to administering authorities on
the administration and management of the scheme. The Chair and the
members (up to 12) will be appointed by the Secretary of State;
b) at local level local Pension Boards must be established to “assist” the local
administering authority to secure compliance with LGPS regulations, and
generally to ensure the efficient and effective governance of the LGPS;
c) the new arrangements also introduce a role for the Pensions Regulator for
the explicit regulatory oversight of pension schemes. The role will be to
issue Codes of Practice on the governance, standards of conduct and
general practices expected of local government pension schemes. To date
the Regulator has said that their role will be to educate and enable, and will
only enforce action in extreme cases when authorities disregard statutory
requirements. Nonetheless, this does introduce a fresh regulatory
dimension for local authorities to take into account in future.
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6.2
Final regulations have now been issued by DCLG, and guidance has been
issued by the Shadow Scheme Advisory Board. The proposals in this paper
are based on the Regulations and Guidance.
7.0
The Scheme Manager is the Administering Authority
7.1
The 2013 Act requires local authority funds to have a scheme manager. The
scheme manager is the administering authority for the Fund, and hence will be
Hounslow Council. The Council will still have overall responsibility for the
management of the Pension Fund and scheme. The creation of new local
Pension Boards does not change the core role of the Administering Authority.
However, this will in future be subject to the new Governance framework.
8.0
Proposal for the Hounslow Pension Board
Role of the Pension Board
8.1
The requirement to establish a local Pension Board represents a major
change to the governance arrangements locally for Pension Fund
management and administration. Section 5 of the 2013 Public Service
Pensions Act requires that each Scheme Manager is advised and assisted by
a Pension Board in relation to specified matters. The role of the Pension
Board is to assist the Administering Authority. Hence the appointment of its
members should be a function undertaken by the Administering Authority,
rather than the Pension Fund Panel.
8.2
The Regulations give more detail as to these matters. Regulation 106
specifies that the Pension Boards will assist the Administering Authority to
secure compliance with:the Regulations; and
with other legislation relating to the governance and administration of
the LGPS; and
with any requirements imposed by the Regulator in relation to the
LGPS; and
to ensure the effective and efficient governance and administration of
the LGPS.
Assisting the Administering Authority should be interpreted as helping the
Administering Authority, including doing work as requested by the
Administering Authority. However, the Pension Board does not replace the
Administering Authority or make decisions which are the responsibility
of the Administering Authority. The Board is not a decision making body,
but assists the Council in ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
Its role is that of compliance.
Implementation Date
8.3
Regulation 106 states that the Pension Board must be established no later
than 1st April 2015. Established means that the Administering Authority must
have approved the establishment of the local Pension Board, and its
composition, and also its Terms of Reference. It does not mean that the Board
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has to be fully operational by this date. However, it is anticipated that the
Pension Board should be operational, i.e. should have had its membership
appointed and have had its first meeting, by 1st August 2015.
Membership and eligibility of Hounslow Pension Board
8.4
The Pension Board must consist of an equal number of employer and member
representatives with a minimum number of four in total. The regulations also
propose that in addition to any member and employer representatives,
pension boards can also appoint “others” to sit provided the number of these
“others” does not exceed the total number of employer and member
representatives. The final regulations have been amended in respect of
elected members sitting on the pension board. The original proposal was that
elected councillors could not sit as an employer or a member representative.
However, the final regulations permit elected members to sit on the Pension
Board providing they are not Members of the Pension Fund Panel itself.
Elected councillors can also sit on the Board as “others” as part of the overall
Board membership. It is also proposed that scheme member representatives
cannot sit on both the Panel and the Board, but can only sit on one.
8.5
It is suggested that at this stage the new Pension Board shall consist of 4
members and be constituted as follows:
1) Two employer representatives, one of which to be the London Borough
Hounslow, the largest employer;
2) Two scheme member representatives. Member representatives in this
context refer to members of the Pension Scheme i.e. active members,
deferred members, or pensioner members.
Such a group would meet the regulatory requirements of a minimum of 4. A
smaller group will be easier to set up and will also be less costly than a larger
group.
8.6
Any person to be appointed an employer or member representative must
demonstrate the capacity to represent employer/member representatives.
8.7
Each employer representative and scheme member representative shall serve
a fixed 4 year period to tie in with local elections. The first Pension Board will
serve a 3 year term to May 2018.
Appointment Process
8.8
Regulation 107 states that it is the Administering Authority that determines the
membership of the Pension Board, and the manner in which members of the
Pension Board are appointed, and removed. The Administering Authority must
be satisfied that each employer and scheme representative „has relevant
experience and the capacity to represent employers/members......‟
8.9
It is proposed that an Appointments Panel should be set up to manage the
appointments process, and decide which individuals should be appointed to
the Pension Board. The Panel will consist of:
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• the Lead Member for Finance
• Head of Treasury, Pensions and Capital
• Human Resources representative
• the Assistant Director, Corporate Governance/Monitoring Officer
• Staff Side Secretary
8.10
Section 5.14 of the guidance is quite clear on the importance of equality of
opportunity. The guidance states „All employers and members within a Fund
must have equal opportunity to be nominated for the role of employer or
member representative through an open and transparent process‟. Hence the
appointment process will be open to all scheme employers and all scheme
members. To ensure equality of opportunity it is not proposed to limit staff
membership to being a member of a trade union. Trade unions can of course
nominate their members for joining the board through the selection process
which will apply to everybody.
8.11
Employer representatives
1. The employer representative for Hounslow Council will be a councillor and
will be selected, from applications, by the Appointment Panel. This Councillor
cannot be a member of the Pension Fund Panel.
2. The other Employer Representative will be selected through nomination(s)
from the employing bodies and appointment made by the Appointments Panel.
8.12
Scheme member representatives
Membership may be any of the following categories: active, deferred or
pensioner. Ideally there would be an active employee member and one retired
member. Expressions of interest will be requested through electronic and
written communications, as applicable, and then selected following an
interview process.
8.13
The Assistant Director, Strategic Finance and Assistant Director, Corporate
Governance will keep under review any further eligibility and/or selection
criteria that will apply to Pension Board members having due regard to the
LGPS Regulations and any other relevant Code of Practice and guidance
(statutory or otherwise).
8.14
The process for selecting members of the Pension Board is as set out below.
Step 1 – Fund employers will be invited to nominate individuals to represent
employers on the Pension Board. Hounslow Councillors will be invited to apply to
represent Hounslow Council as an employing body. Scheme members will be invited
to nominate themselves or other scheme members to represent scheme members on
the Pension Fund.
Step 2 – The Appointments Panel can reject any nomination/application made where
they consider the individual does not appropriately meet their eligibility and/or
selection criteria. The Appointments Panel will determine who should be appointed
as members of the Pension Board based on whatever process they consider
appropriate, which may include but is not restricted to a formal interview.
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Step 3 - Where Step 1 and 2 fails to appoint the four required members the
Appointments Panel will take any other action they consider appropriate to appoint
suitable Pension Board members.
Accountability and reporting lines
8.15
The Pension Board will be formally responsible to Cabinet. A précis of the
minutes will be reported to Cabinet after each meeting of the Board.
In addition, the Board must provide minutes of each meeting to the following
Pension Fund Panel copied to the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance, and
may make reports and recommendations to the Pension Fund Panel insofar
as they relate to the role of the Pension Board.
Meetings
8.16
Meetings will be held twice a year and, like meetings of the Pension Fund
Panel, will be open to the public, where applicable.
Remuneration
8.17
It is proposed to pay expenses only.
Terms of Reference
8.18
The detailed Terms of Reference give greater detail on the proposed
operation of the Board, and are attached at Appendix 1. They set out in
greater detail the powers, role and composition of the Board as already
described and also consider further issues.
Resourcing
8.19
The Pension Fund will be required to facilitate the operation of the new Board
and this will require additional resources. The expenses associated with the
setting up and running of the new Pension Board will be met from the Pension
Fund as part of the costs of administering the scheme. Costs will cover:expenses for the members;
training costs; and
it is not proposed at this time to increase the staffing of the Fund but for
the work to be absorbed within available resources.
8.20
The need for independent advice will be considered, once the Board is
operational, if deemed to be necessary, to avoid conflicts of interest and/or to
provide support to the Board. Any costs, which could be significant, would
have to be met by the Pension Fund.
9.0
Joint Scheme Manager and Pension Boards
9.1
As discussed at the meeting of the Pension Fund Panel, in July the
regulations provided for the creation of a joint scheme manager and pension
board through one committee, which in practice could be the Pension Fund
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Panel. Any such arrangement must be approved in writing by the Secretary of
State and could be subject to conditions. However, to promote good
governance, it is proposed that two bodies should be maintained as each has
a separate and distinct role to discharge. There could be a particular difficulty
with conflicts of interest arising from self–regulation i.e. the Pension Fund
Panel cannot effectively scrutinise and review itself. For all these reasons it is
proposed that a separate Pension Board be established.
10.0
Financial Details
10.1
The Pension Fund will be required to facilitate the operation of the new board
and this will require additional resources. The cost will be met from the Fund‟s
own resources and it is not proposed at this time to increase the staffing of the
Fund but for the work to be absorbed within available resources.
Comments of the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance
10.2 The comments of the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance are incorporated in
the report.
10.3 The employer‟s contribution is a significant element of the Council‟s
budget and consequently any improvement in investment performance
will reduce the contribution and increase the funds available for other
corporate priorities.
11.0
Legal Details
11.1
Regulations 106 to 109 make provision for each administering authority
to establish a local pension board to assist it to comply with its legal
obligations relating to its pension scheme. The regulations require the
local pension board to be established by the 1st April 2015.
11.2. The proposed changes are brought about by legislative reform and so
compliance with the new regulations is mandatory. Sanctions or other possible
government intervention can be imposed on non-complying administrative
authorities.
11.3. The Constitution does not provide the Pension Fund Panel with the power to
create a Pension Board. Full Council will need to make the decision on the
recommendation of the Pension Fund Panel.
Comments of the Assistant Director, Corporate Governance
11.4 The Assistant Director,
recommendations.
12.0
Corporate
Governance
supports
the
Risk Management
12.1 There are no major risks foreseen from the implementation of these
regulations. The main challenges would be sourcing and training
individuals to sit on the new Pension Board.
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12.2 The rigorous robust management of LBH Pension Fund results in
more effective decision making which can lead to better Fund
performance and reduction in the contribution required from the
Council towards the Fund.
13.0
13.1
The Council has to give due regard to equality of opportunity under the
Equality Act 2010. Section 39, Part 5 of the Equality Act 2010 is of particular
relevance in this case as it requires recruitment to be free from discrimination.
Paragraph 8.10 of this report makes clear reference to this requirement and
the Appointments Panel will be guided and informed by section 5.14 of the
guidance when considering nominations and in the selection process. The
Council has considered the relevance to this report of the provisions of the
Human Rights Act 1998 and concluded that the Human Rights Articles are not
engaged by this proposal.
14.0
15.0
Pension Fund Panel
Members‟ Constitution Working Party
(meeting cancelled – paper agreed by email)
Borough Council
Recruitment
7th January 2015
26th January 2015
First meeting
July 2015
24th March 2015
Spring 2015
Appendices
Appendix 1 Terms of Reference
16.0
Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Governance)
Regulations 2015 – SI 2015, no.57
Guidance on the creation and operation of Local Pension Boards in
England and Wales January 2015
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Appendix 1
Detailed Terms of Reference for Hounslow Pension Board
In accordance with Section 5 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013, the local
Pension Board will assist Hounslow Council in the governance and administration of
the London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund. The Board's role, members, and
working arrangements are contained in these Terms of Reference.
1.
Introduction
1.1 The Pension Board is established by Hounslow Council under the powers of
clause 5 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and regulation 106 of the
Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2015. As such, the
Constitution of Hounslow Council does not apply to this Pension Board unless
expressly referred to within and permitted by these Terms of Reference.
2.
Powers of the Pension Board
2.1 The Pension Board will exercise all its powers and duties in accordance with
the law and this Terms of Reference.
3.
Role of the Pension Board
3.1 The role of the Pension Board is defined by regulation 106 (1) of the LGPS
Regulations. It will assist Hounslow Council as Scheme Manager of the
London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund to secure compliance with the
LGPS Regulations and any other legislation relating to the governance and
administration of the Scheme, and any requirements imposed in relation to the
LGPS by the Pensions Regulator. The Regulations give more detail as to these
matters. Regulation 106 specifies that the Pension Boards will assist the
Administering Authority to secure compliance with:the Regulations; and
with other legislation relating to the governance and administration of
the LGPS; and
with any requirements imposed by the Regulator in relation to the
LGPS; and
to ensure the effective and efficient governance and administration of
the LGPS.
Regulation 106 (8) also states that ‘A local pension board shall have the power
to do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to,
the discharge of any of its functions’.
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3.2 The Council considers para 3.1 to mean that the Pension Board is providing
oversight of pension matters and, accordingly, the Pension Board is not a
decision making body in relation to the management of the Pension Fund. In
relation to ensuring the effective and efficient governance and administration of
the Pension Fund, this will be interpreted to mean having oversight of whether
the aims and objectives outlined within the Pension Fund's Governance and
Administration strategies are being achieved, having regard to any overriding
requirements included within guidance from the DCLG, the Scheme Advisory
Board or the Pensions Regulator.
3.3 The Pension Board will ensure that in performing their role it is:
o done effectively and efficiently; and
o complies with relevant legislation; and
o is done by having due regard to any relevant Codes of Practice on the
governance and administration of local government pension schemes
issued by the Pensions Regulator and any other relevant statutory or
non-statutory guidance.
3.4
The Board must provide minutes of each meeting to the following Pension
Fund Panel copied to the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance, and may
make reports and recommendations to the Pension Fund Panel insofar as
they relate to the role of the Pension Board. Any such reports or
recommendations must be provided at least 15 working days in advance of
the next Pension Fund Panel to the Head of Treasury, Pensions and Capital
and the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance.
3.5
In the exceptional circumstances that the Board considers that a matter
brought to the attention of the Pension Fund Panel and Assistant Director,
Strategic Finance has not been acted upon or resolved to their satisfaction by
the Pension Fund Panel and/or Assistant Director, Strategic Finance, the
Pension Board will provide a report to the Lead Member for Finance.
4.
Appointment Panel for the Pension Board
The Appointments Panel overseeing the appointment process and deciding
which individuals should be appointed to the Pension Board will consist of:
• the Lead Member for Finance
• Head of Treasury, Pensions and Capital
• the Assistant Director, Corporate Governance/ Monitoring Officer
• Human Resources representative
• Staff Side Secretary
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5.
Membership
The Pension Board shall consist of 4 members and be constituted as follows:i) Two Employer Representatives
ii) Two Scheme Member Representatives
Substitutes for the Employer or Scheme Member Representatives are not
permitted.
Neither employer nor scheme member representatives can sit on both the
Pension Fund Panel and the Pension Board.
6.
Eligibility and selection criteria
i) Two Employer Representatives – at least one of the employer
representatives must be an elected member of the largest employing body i.e.
Hounslow Council.
ii) Two Scheme Member Representatives – at least one of the representatives
must be a member of the largest employing body, i.e. the London Borough of
Hounslow, and membership may be any of the following categories: active,
deferred or pensioner.
7.
Appointment of Members
7.1
The process for selecting members of the Pension Board is as set out below.
Step 1 – Fund employers will be invited to nominate individuals to represent
employers on the Pension Board. Hounslow Councillors will be invited to apply
to represent Hounslow Council as an employing body. Scheme members will
be invited to nominate themselves or other scheme members to represent
scheme members on the Pension Fund.
Step 2 – The Appointments Panel can reject any nomination/application made
where they consider the individual does not appropriately meet their eligibility
and/or selection criteria. The Appointments Panel will determine who should be
appointed as members of the Pension Board based on whatever process they
consider appropriate, which may include but is not restricted to a formal
interview.
Step 3 - Where Step 1 and 2 fails to appoint the four required members the
Appointments Panel will take any other action they consider appropriate to
appoint suitable Pension Board members.
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8.
Term of Office
8.1 Each employer representative and scheme member representative shall serve
a fixed 4 year period to tie in with local elections. The first Pension Board will
serve a 3 year term to May 2018.
8.2 Any Pension Board member may be re-appointed for further terms following an
appointment process.
8.3 Other than ceasing to be eligible (as set out above) a Pension Board member
may only be removed from office during the term of appointment by the
unanimous agreement of the Appointments Panel. Such reasons may include
non-compliance with these Terms of Reference including inappropriate
conduct, conflicts of interest, avoidance of training or low meeting attendance.
9.
Quorum
9.1 All Members of the Pension Board are expected to regularly attend meetings.
9.2 A meeting of the Pension Board will only be quorate when three of the four
Employer and Scheme Member Representatives are present.
9.3 A meeting that becomes inquorate may continue but decisions will not be
binding.
10. Chair and Vice Chair
10.1 The Appointment Panel will appoint a Chair and a Vice Chair from the
membership of the Pension Board.
10.2 The appointments to Chair and Vice Chair will be reviewed at such times as
considered appropriate by the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance and
Assistant Director, Corporate Governance OR Appointments Panel.
10.3 The role of the Chair is to:• Ensure that all members of the Board show due respect for process, that all
views are fully heard and considered and to determine that decisions are
democratically made where consensus cannot be reached;
• To uphold and promote the purpose of the Board and to interpret its Terms
of Reference when necessary;
• Ensure that the Pension Board members have the knowledge and skills as
determined in the Fund's Training Policy and other guidance or legislation
and maintain a training record;
• Agree the agenda for each Pension Board meeting;
• Approve minutes for Pension Board meetings;
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• Write reports required by Hounslow Council on the work of the Board;
• Any other tasks which may be deemed appropriate by Hounslow Council for
the Chair of the Pension Board;
• Other tasks that may be requested by the members of the Pension Board,
within the remit of these Terms of Reference and subject to agreement with
the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance;
• Annually review and report on the performance of the Board.
10.4 The decision of the Chair on all points of procedure and order shall be final.
11. Voting
11.1 All Pension Board members will have individual voting rights but it is expected
the Pension Board will as far as possible reach a consensus.
11.2 The Chair will have the final deciding vote in cases where an equality of votes
exists.
11.3 Any other person attending a meeting will not have the right to vote.
11.4 The results of any voting outcomes will be reported in the Board minutes.
12.
Location and Timing
12.1 The Pension Board will normally meet at an office of Hounslow Council.
12.2 Meetings will take place at any point on a Monday to Friday during the normal
working day.
12.3 The Board will meet twice in each calendar year. The Chair may call additional
meetings in exceptional circumstances.
12.4 Urgent business of the Pension Board between meetings may, in exceptional
circumstances, be conducted via communications between members of the
Pension Board including telephone conferencing and e-mails.
13.
Expenses
13.1 Expenses will be paid if claimed by the representative and must be claimed
within four weeks of each meeting.
14. Conflicts of Interest
14.1 Though members of the Pension Board include representatives of specific
categories of stakeholder (i.e. scheme members and employers) each member
is required to have due regard to the role of the Pension Board as outlined in
these Terms of Reference. Accordingly all members are expected to work
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jointly in the best interests of the Pension Fund, putting aside any individual
views of any stakeholders. This should not prevent members from sharing their
knowledge on how matters might impact specific stakeholders of the Fund.
14.2 Each member of the Pension Board (as well as any other attendees
participating in the meeting) will be expected to declare, on appointment and at
each meeting, any interests which may lead to conflicts of interest in the subject
area or specific agenda of that Pension Board.
14.3 The Chair of the Pension Board must be satisfied that the Board is acting
within:• the conflicts of interest requirements of the Public Service Pensions Act and
the LGPS Regulations, and
• in the spirit of any national guidance or code of practice in relation to
conflicts of interest at the Pension Board, and
• in accordance with any London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund
Conflicts of Interest Policy or Procedures that apply to the Board.
14.4
Hounslow Council's Code of Conduct for Members and Co-optees shall apply
in relation to the management of conflicts of interest on the Pension Board.
14.5
Each member of the Pension Board, or a person proposed to be appointed to
the Board, (as well as attendees participating in the meeting) must provide the
Chair of the Pension Board with such information as he or she reasonably
requires for the purposes of demonstrating that there is no conflict of interest.
14.6
The Assistant Director, Strategic Finance and Assistant Director, Corporate
Governance will jointly adopt the role of ensuring that the Chair of the Pension
Board does not have a conflict of interest in the same way as the Chair does
in relation to all other Pension Board members.
14.7
A conflict of interest is defined in the Public Service Pensions Act as:
"in relation to a person, means a financial or other interest which is likely to
prejudice the person’s exercise of functions as a member of the board (but
does not include a financial or other interest arising merely by virtue of
membership of the scheme or any connected scheme)."
15.
Receipt of advice and information
15.1 Pension Board members will receive the reports, minutes and agendas relating
to all Pension Fund Panels and may attend Pension Fund Panel meetings
(including during exempt items).
15.2 Insofar as it relates to the role of the Pension Board, it may also;
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• request and receive information and reports from the Pension Fund Panel or
any other body or officer responsible for the management of the Fund;
• examine decisions made or actions taken by the Pension Fund Panel or any
other body or officer responsible for the management of the Fund.
15.3 Any further requests for information and advice are subject to the approval of
the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance who will be required to consider
positively all reasonable requests in relation to the role of the Pension Board
whilst being mindful of value for money.
16.
Knowledge and Skills
16.1 Under the requirements of the Public Service Pensions Act, a member of the
Pension Board must be conversant with:a) the legislation and associated guidance of the Local Government Pension
Scheme (LGPS), and
b) any document recording policy about the administration of the LGPS which
is adopted by the London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund.
16.2
In addition, a member of the Local Pension Board must have knowledge and
understanding of:•
the law relating to pensions, and
• any other matters which are prescribed in regulations.
16.3
Pension Board members are required to refresh and keep their knowledge up
to date. Pension Board members are therefore required to:• comply with the training requests of the Administering Authority. A training
programme will be established which will include at least three full days of
training provided by an external provider at the start of each term of office;
and
• comply with the Pension Fund's Training Policy insofar as it relates to
Pension Board members. It is intended that a joint training programme for
Pension Fund Panel and Pension Board members will be developed; and
• participate in training events (a written record of relevant training and
development will be maintained); and
• undertake a personal training needs analysis or other method to identify
gaps in skills, competencies and knowledge; and
• comply with any guidance issued by national bodies.
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17.
Standards of Conduct
17.1 The Code of Conduct for Members and Co-optees in Hounslow Council's
Constitution shall apply in relation to the standards of conduct of Pension Board
members as if they are Co-opted Members of Hounslow Council insofar as it
can be reasonably considered to apply to the role of members of the Pension
Board and unless excluded elsewhere within these Terms of Reference.
18. Administration
18.1 The Head of Treasury, Pensions and Capital will agree an agenda with the
Chair of the Pension Board prior to each Pension Board meeting. The agenda
and any papers for the Pension Board will be issued at least 5 working days
(where practicable) in advance of the meeting except in the case of matters of
urgency. Minutes will be subject to formal agreement by the Chair taking
consideration of comments by Board members (which may be done
electronically between meetings).
18.2 The minutes may, at the discretion of the Chair, be edited to exclude items on
the grounds that they would either involve the likely disclosure of exempt
information as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act
1972 or it being confidential for the purposes of Section 100A(2) of that Act
and/or they represent data covered by the Data Protection Act 1998.
19.
Access to the Public and publication of Pension Board information
19.1 The following will be entitled to attend Pension Board meetings in an observer
capacity:• Members of the London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund Panel ;
• the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance, and the Monitoring Officer, and the
Head of Treasury, Pensions and Capital, and the Assistant Director,
Corporate Governance, and the Lead Member for Finance;
• other officers or advisers of Hounslow Council or other employers involved
with the management of the Pension Fund subject to approval in advance by
the Chair, or on request by the Chair;
• any other person requested to attend by the Chair;
• any other person subject to approval in advance by the Chair.
Any such attendees will be permitted to speak on request to the Chair.
19.2 Otherwise, the Pension Board will be treated in the same way as a Committee
of the Hounslow Council and, as such, members of the public may attend and
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papers will be made public in accordance with the Access to Information
Procedure Rules in Hounslow Council's Constitution.
20.
Accountability and reporting lines
20.1 The Pension Board will be formally responsible to Cabinet. A précis of the
minutes will be reported to Cabinet after each meeting of the Board.
In addition, the Board must provide minutes of each meeting to the following
Pension Fund Panel copied to the Assistant Director, Strategic Finance, and
may make reports and recommendations to the Pension Fund Panel insofar as
they relate to the role of the Pension Board.
21. Review, Interpretation and Publication of Terms of Reference
21.1 These Terms of Reference have been agreed by Hounslow Council. The
Council will monitor and evaluate the operation of the Pension Board and may
review these Terms of Reference from time to time.
21.2 Changes to these Terms of Reference will only be approved by the Full
Council.
21.3 The Monitoring Officer is authorised to make minor amendments, consequential
upon statutory or regulatory change, or to rectify errors, or to update
arrangements consequential upon other external factors.
21.4 These Terms of Reference will be published as an appendix to the Council's
Constitution and will be available as part of the Constitution as defined in the
Council's Constitution. They will also form part of the London Borough of
Hounslow Pension Fund's Governance Policy and Compliance Statement
which will be made available in accordance with the requirements of the LGPS
Regulations.
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Agenda Item 9
Report for:
ACTION
No
Title
Member Reporting
Contact Details
Pay Statement 2015
Councillor Ajmer Grewal
John Walsh
AD Transformation & HR
0208 583 2100
John.walsh@hounslow.gov.uk
Borough Council
24 March 2015
1 April 2015
Not Called In
Affected Wards
Keywords/Index
1.
None
Senior Staff Salary Pay Localism Multiple Policy
Statement
Borough Council is asked to:
1. Agree the Pay Statement for 2015, attached at Appendix A, as required
under the Localism Act 2011.
2. Agree the proposed revisions to the Chief Officer and Chief Executive
payscales from 1 April 2015
expect to notice a
difference
Residents will benefit by having clear and open
Once the Pay Statement
information about the pay of senior staff within
is approved by Borough
the council and the general approach to pay
Council.
within the authority. This links to the value set
out in the People Strategy of establishing a
culture of openness and trust.
2.
Report Summary
1. This report deals with the Pay Statement for the year 2015/16.
2. These recommendations are being made because the council is
required, under the Localism Act 2011, to agree and publish a Pay
Statement on an annual basis.
3. This report also lays out a proposed revision to the Chief Officer and
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Chief Executive payscales to ensure that this Council has the flexibility
to attract and retain senior staff as it requires.
3.
Reason for Decision and Options Considered
3.1 Following the ‘Hutton Review of Fair Pay in the Public Sector’ (March
2011) and the government’s desire to achieve greater transparency in
public sector pay1, the government has sought to ensure that certain key
principles are addressed by way of a Pay Statement. The objective of
both is to ensure that there is greater accountability where larger salary
and severance packages are offered and greater transparency regarding
the remuneration of the highest and lowest paid employees.
3.2 The government recognises that each local authority is an individual
employer and has the autonomy to make its own decisions on pay that
are appropriate to local circumstances and which deliver value for
money.
3.3 The aim of the Localism Act is to ensure that authorities are more open
about their own local policies and how their local decisions are made.
3.4 The provisions of the Localism Act do not apply to staff of local authority
schools and therefore those employed in schools, under the control of
governing bodies, are not within the scope of the Pay Statement.
Issues to be addressed in the pay statement
3.5 It is a requirement that the Pay Statement must set out the council’s
policy on:
the level and elements of remuneration for each chief officer
the remuneration of the lowest paid employees (along with its
definition of this group and the rationale for that definition)
the relationship between the remuneration of its chief officers and
other officers
other specific aspects of chief officers’ remuneration: remuneration
on recruitment, increases and additions to remuneration, use of
performance-related pay and bonuses and termination payments.
3.6 The attached statement specifies that chief officers’ salaries are set in
accordance with the approved salary scale, evaluated using the Hay
scheme. It also gives the council’s definition for the lowest paid
employees (that is those on the lowest spinal column point of the
council’s pay scale, subject to no-one receiving below the London Living
Wage).
1
Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency: CLG 29 September
2011; Openness and Accountability in local pay: Guidance under section 40 of the Localism Act 2011,
November 2011, February 2012, February 2013.
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3.7 Issues relating to the other aspects of remuneration are addressed in the
Pay Statement.
3.8 In addition the Pay Statement identifies (as recommended in the
guidance produced by the JNC for Chief Executives and ALACE2) that,
at Hounslow Council, the JNC terms and conditions of service for chief
officers are incorporated into chief officers’ employment contracts.
Proposed revision to Chief Officer and Chief Executive Payscales
3.9 In light of recruitment difficulties with some key Assistant Director roles,
a salary benchmarking exercise was undertaken during 2014. This
focussed on certain roles across London Councils and a small number of
large councils outside of London (based on being potentially
commutable) covering a range of responsibility, salary level and job title.
A separate exercise was undertaken to benchmark Chief Executive’s
pay across London and as a result of these two sets of information
gathering exercises and recruitment activity, further intelligence about
salary levels for senior roles across London was collected.
3.10 The benchmarking exercise showed Hounslow’s salary levels to be
below the higher end of scales being offered across London. In addition
for the Chief Executive role, Hounslow’s pay range (when sorting the
data by either minimum total package, maximum total package or actual
salary) ranks 24 out of the 25 benchmarked councils, indicating that the
Council pays at the bottom of the lowest quartile.
3.11 The current Hounslow Chief Officer pay scales include 4 chief officer
grades and 1 CEO grade. Currently all but 2 Assistant Directors are paid
on CO3 with the other 2 being paid on CO4. The CO2 grade is not used
aside from one post historically placed there. As with the main
payscales, there is some overlap in grades and points. Utilising the
current points on the CO payscale it would be possible to adjust the
grading levels to create a ‘Senior AD’ grade at CO2 with some of the
current CO1 points and move lower CEO points to CO1 to extend the
Director grade. This would enable the council to offer a salary of ‘up to’
£119,159 for the AD roles compared to the current maximum of £97,007
and a comparator maximum of £126,627 plus PRP.
3.12 The current senior team has a number of experienced officers who are
committed and delivering against the challenging agenda set. As much
effort needs to be made to retain these people in the organisation as to
attract new talent. This will require a combination of things; salary levels,
engagement activity and re-defining roles and job titles.
3.13 In terms of the pay scales, a one-off (unconsolidated) retention
allowance could be used to retain talent in the organisation. This could
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be fixed at a maximum (for example £5k) and paid at the end of each full
year of service as an incentive to keep key people in the organisation.
3.14 Taking into account the results of the benchmarking exercise and the
recruitment and retention difficulties which the council has recently faced,
it is proposed that a revised salary scale should be adopted for Chief
Officers and the Chief Executive, as set out in paragraph 3.15 below.
These extended payscales, which utilise the current pay points with
duplicates being removed, put Hounslow salaries into the median for
London Authorities. The revised salary scales will allow greater flexibility
when looking to recruit into hard to fill roles and ensure Hounslow can
compete for the best talent. In addition the Council will be in a stronger
position to retain its senior talent as the revised salary scales will be in
line with what is being offered in other London Councils.
3.15 As these new scales are introduced, changes will also be made to the
appraisal process for Chief Officers and the Chief Executive. Incremental
progression will no longer be available as part of the appraisal process
but instead will be subject to new criteria requiring exceptional
achievement over and above stretching objectives. Cases for progression
will be considered by the Chief Executive (for Chief Officers) and the
Leader (for the Chief Executive).
3.16 The proposed payscale does not incorporate the pay award for Chief
Officer grades, which was agreed in early February 2015. The effect of
that pay award is to increase those on the proposed CO3 payscale by
2%. If the revised payscale is approved by Borough Council, this will
replace the current CO salary scale (shown at Appendix B).
CO3: AD’s
CO2: AD’s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
CO1: Directors
11
12
13
14
15
Chief Executive
16
77,690
81,574
83,148
87,768
92,387
97,007
100,628
106,036
111,548
(Currently CO1)
119,159
(Currently CO1)
126,771
134,382
141,994
148,502
(Currently CEX)
156,901
(Currently CEX)
164,828
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17
18
19
169,828
174,828
180,828
New points
Process for approval of the Pay Statement
3.17
As regards process, the Pay Statement must be:
approved formally at Borough Council by 31 March every year
published on the council’s web site and in any other way the council
considers appropriate (see paragraph 3.23)
complied with, when the authority sets the terms and conditions for a
chief officer
complied with when the authority considers the payments made to
chief officers who cease to be employed / hold office (see paragraph
3.28)
3.18
The statement can be amended in year, providing it is approved by
Borough Council.
Accountability
3.19
The government considers that decisions on pay policies should be
taken by elected members. As a result, the Localism Act provides that
the Pay Statement (and any subsequent amendments) must be
considered by a meeting of full council and cannot be delegated to any
sub-committee. The meeting should be open to the public and
observers must not be excluded.
3.20
In addition, full council should be offered the opportunity to vote before
large salary packages are offered in respect of a new appointment and
before large severance packages are approved for staff leaving the
organisation. The Secretary of State has determined that this should
happen where the annual salary package or severance package is
£100,000 or more.
3.21
When considering the level of the salary package the following should
be taken into account: salary, bonuses, fees or allowances routinely
payable to the employee and any benefits in kind to which the officer is
entitled as a result of their employment. Severance Packages include,
and must provide a breakdown of, salary paid in lieu, redundancy
compensation, pension entitlements, holiday pay and any bonuses,
fees or allowances paid as part of the package. The Pay Statement
reflects these requirements.
3.22
As regards the practical implementation of paragraph 3.19, where a
post is being advertised at an annual salary package of £100,000 or
more, Borough Council will be offered the opportunity to vote / register
any objection in advance of the final interview panel. For severance
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packages, Borough Council will be offered the opportunity to vote /
register any objection prior to a final, written offer being made to the
employee. This will ensure there is proper accountability where large
salary and severance packages are offered and also that the
appointment / termination process can continue in as efficient a
manner as possible.
3.23
All decisions of pay and reward for chief officers must comply with the
current Pay Statement.
Transparency
3.24
As well as the council’s approved pay statement being published on
the web site, the council is expected to publish data in accordance with
the principles set out in the ‘Code of Recommended Practice for Local
Authorities on Data Transparency’ (see para 3.1 above) as amended
by the Local Government Transparency Code 2014. Previously these
aspects were included alongside the pay statement but the timing for
publication of the transparency data has been brought forward. The
Council was required to publish information regarding organisational
charts, the pay multiple, senior staff salaries and trade union facility
time by 2 February 2015. As a result these matters are no longer
included in this report, although the pay multiple continues to be
published in the pay statement as recommended under the Code.
3.25
In support of the Pay Statement, information relating to the pay of
senior staff is appended to this report as follows:
The senior staff salary scales will be published (see Appendix B)
The pay multiple will be published (see Appendix C).
The policies that are referred to in the Pay Statement will be
available on the council’s web site.
Fairness
Relationship between highest and lowest paid employees
3.26
The ‘Hutton Report’ highlighted concerns about the different
approaches taken to the pay and reward of senior staff compared with
that of the lowest paid staff and asked authorities to consider whether
any differences in approach can be justified.
3.27
As a result, the Localism Act requires authorities to:
Set their policies on remuneration for the highest paid staff
alongside their policies toward their lowest paid employees. The
Pay Statement has identified the areas in which the pay policy
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differs between chief officers and other staff (incremental
progression and payment of allowances) and the rationale for
this.
Explain what the authority thinks the relationship should be
between the remuneration of its chief officers and its employees
who are not chief officers. The Pay Statement provides that
remuneration at all levels needs to be adequate to secure and
retain high quality employees, dedicated to the service of the
public, but at the same time to avoid being unnecessarily
generous or otherwise excessive.
Publicise the organisation’s pay multiple (the ratio between the
highest paid employee and the median average earnings across
the organisation). The pay multiple is included in the Pay
Statement each year and published on the web site after it has
been agreed by Borough Council.
Make clear what approach the authority takes to the award of
other elements of senior remuneration, including bonuses,
performance related pay, severance payments and additional
fees for chief officers for local election duties. These elements
are addressed in the Pay Statement.
Performance related pay
3.28
The Hutton report suggests that authorities may wish to operate a
system of ‘earn back’ pay, where a proportion of pay is considered to
be ‘at risk’ and needs to be earned back through meeting pre-agreed
objectives. Hounslow Council does not, currently, operate a system of
earn back pay and the Pay Statement reflects this.
Chief Officers who leave
3.29
The Act requires authorities to specify a number of aspects relating to
chief officers who may leave the authority and any payments they may
receive in relation to this:
(a)
Offering severance payments - the pay statement must cover
the approach the authority will take towards offering a severance
payment to senior staff as part of a decision to terminate a
contract for any reason. At Hounslow, a severance payment
can only be made in accordance with the Severance Policy, in
which the circumstances where a severance payment can be
made, the amount payable and the procedure for doing so are
clearly set out. In addition, Borough Council will have the
opportunity to vote on large severance packages (of £100,000
or more) before they are offered to an employee (see
paragraphs 3.19 – 3.21 above).
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(b)
Former employees re-engaged under a contract for services
(i.e. as a consultant or agency worker). The council has no
cases where a chief officer previously employed by the
authority, leaving with a severance or redundancy package, is
now re-employed. In the unlikely event that a vacancy or need
arose and a previous chief officer or staff member were to be
considered suitable either to be re-employed or to be provided
with a contract for services, then the Pay Statement sets out the
following safeguards:
(i)
The full and proper recruitment and selection processes, as
laid out in the council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy,
will always be applied where the proposal is to re-employ.
(ii)
Any arrangements and decisions made will be in full
compliance with the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of
Employment in Local Government etc.) (Modification)
Order 1999 and any associated amendments.
(iii) The detailed standards as laid out in the 'Procurement of
Consultancy Services' guidance cover the engagement of
consultants.
(c)
Abatement provisions - the Pay Statement refers to the
council’s Pensions Discretions Policy. This makes clear that the
abatement provisions will apply if an employee, who is in receipt
of a LGPS pension from Hounslow, is re-employed within local
government or in a new employment where they would be
eligible to join the LGPS before 1 April 2014. Abatement
provisions will not be applicable to employees who are reemployed within local government or in a new employment
where they would be eligible to join the LGPS after 31 March
2014.
(d)
Claiming salary and pension – where employees move
between authorities, the council will apply the abatement
provisions as set out in paragraph (c) above. An employee who
wishes to claim their pension whilst working would need to make
an application under the council’s Flexible Retirement Policy.
4.
Key Implications
4.1
Approval of the Pay Statement satisfies the council’s legal obligation
under the Localism Act 2011.
4.2
Publication of the Pay Statement is a statutory requirement under the
Localism Act 2011.
5.
Financial Details
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a)
Financial Impact On The Budget (Mandatory)
None
b)
All payments to staff need to be funded from the amounts set aside in
the Council’s approved budget for pay costs.
6.
Legal Details/Comments of the Assistant Director Corporate
Governance
The Council is required by sections 38 and 39 of the Localism Act 2011
to prepare and approve, by resolution of Borough Council, a Pay Policy
Statement for each financial year. As soon as is reasonably practicable
following such approval, the statement must be published including
publication on the Council’s website.
The Council is under a duty to have regard to any guidance issued or
approved by the Secretary of State under section 40 of the Localism
Act 2011.
The Assistant Director Corporate Governance supports the
recommendation.
7.
Value for Money
7.1
There are no value for money implications arising from this report.
8.
8.1
N/A
9.
Risk Management
9.1
There are no identified risks arising from this report.
10.
10.1
Approval and publication of the Pay Statement links to:
The corporate plan: an ambitious council delivering quality
services and value for money
The People Strategy: establishing a culture of openness and
trust.
11.
11.1 The Council has to give due regard to its Equalities Duties, in particular
with respect to general duties arising pursuant to the Equality Act 2010,
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section 149. Having due regard to the need to advance equality
involves, in particular, the need to remove or minimize disadvantages
suffered by persons who share a relevant characteristic that are
connected to that characteristic.
11.2
The Council has considered the relevance of the proposal to the
provisions of the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998
and concluded that Equalities Duties are not engaged by this proposal.
The proposal is also compatible with Human Rights Articles and as the
report does not have any significant bearing on the substantive equality
duty it is not considered necessary to undertake an Equality Analysis.
12.
Staffing/Workforce and Accommodation implications:
12.1
None.
13.
Property and Assets
13.1
None.
14.
14.1
None.
15.
Consultation
15.1
The Staff Side has been sent the Pay Statement for information.
16.
16.1
If agreed at Borough Council, the Pay Statement will be implemented
with effect from 1 April 2015 and published on the web site, along with
the other appendices attached to this report.
17.
Appendices
17.1
The appendices associated with this report are set out below:
Appendix Content
A
Pay Statement
B
Senior Employee Salary Scales at 1 December
2014
C
Pay Multiple
18.
18.1
There is no background information nor any background papers in
relation to this report.
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REPORT ENDS
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Appendix A
PAY STATEMENT
1
Introduction
1.1
This Pay Statement sets out the council’s policies towards a range of issues
relating to the pay of the workforce, in particular chief officers and the lowest
paid staff.
1.2
In accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, the Pay
Statement will be agreed by Borough Council for each financial year and will
be published on the council’s web site. This statement can be amended during
the financial year, providing any changes are approved by Borough Council.
1.3
All decisions on pay and reward for chief officers will comply with this Pay
Statement.
1.4
Borough Council will be given the opportunity to vote before salary packages
are offered in respect of a new appointment where the annual salary package
is £100,000 or over and before severance packages are offered to staff
leaving the organisation where the severance package is £100,000 or over.
2
Aim
2.1
At a time when the council and the wider economy is facing considerable
financial pressure and uncertainty, it is understandable that there are high
levels of interest in, and scrutiny of, the council’s senior management pay and
reward structures.
2.2
In the context of managing scarce public resources, remuneration at all levels
needs to be adequate to secure and retain high-quality employees dedicated
to the service of the public, but at the same time needs to avoid being
unnecessarily generous or otherwise excessive (and seen as such).
2.3
The aim of this statement is therefore to set out clearly the council’s approach
to the remuneration of staff and to comply with the requirements of the
Localism Act.
3
Scope
3.1
Staff employed in schools, under the control of governing bodies, are not
covered by this Pay Statement.
4
Remuneration of Chief Officers
4.1
Following a job evaluation and benchmarking exercise conducted under the
HayGroup Job Evaluation Scheme (‘Hay Scheme’) in 2006, the council
formally adopted a salary scale for chief officers. The ‘Hay Scheme’ is a
systematic process for ranking jobs logically and fairly by comparing job
against job or against a pre-determined scale to determine the relative
importance of jobs to an organisation. Any new posts will be evaluated using
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the Hay Scheme and paid in accordance with the Chief Officer Salary Scale.
4.2
The Chief Officer Salary Scale is published on the council’s web site.
Level of remuneration
4.3
The level and elements of chief officers’ remuneration are set out on the
council’s web site.
Pay on Recruitment
4.4
On recruitment, a chief officer will be paid in accordance with the council’s
approved Chief Officer Salary Scale (see paragraph 4.1 above).
4.5
The council seeks to appoint the majority of its senior officers as employees
and will therefore remunerate them in accordance with the terms of this Pay
Statement. Where it is necessary to engage individuals on any other basis,
the council will source agency workers through its neutral vendor agency
provider or apply standard procurement processes to contracts for services.
Additional Pay
4.6
Chief Officers will receive an annual increment if, following their performance
and development appraisal (PDA), their performance has been rated at least
‘satisfactory’. Where awarded, the chief officer will move to the next point on
the salary scale for their grade. Once at the maximum, there will be no further
increases or additions to their remuneration other than any pay awards which
may be collectively agreed by the Joint Negotiating Committee (see paragraph
4.18).
4.7
Chief Officers may receive a one-off, unconsolidated retention allowance of up
to £5,000 at the end of each whole year of service with the council. This is in
recognition of the need to retain talent in the organisation in key posts.
4.8
The council does not operate a system of ‘earn-back’ pay for chief officers,
where an element of their pay is ‘at risk’ and has to be earned back each year
through meeting pre-agreed objectives.
4.9
Chief Officers do not receive any bonus payments.
4.10
The Chief Executive is the council’s Returning Officer. The Returning Officer’s
fee is paid separately from and in addition to the Chief Executive’s salary. The
Returning Officer’s fee is not set by the council but determined either by
central government or another determining body e.g. the Local Government
Association.
4.11
Additional fees for chief officers in respect of any local election duties they
may perform are paid separately from salary at levels determined by the
Returning Officer.
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4.12 Chief officers, who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme,
will make the following contributions from their salary into the pension fund
from 1 April 2014:
Salary level
Up to £13,500
£13,501 - £21,000
£21,001 - £34,000
£34,001 - £43,000
£43,001 - £60,000
£60,001 - £85,000
£85,001 - £100,000
£100,001 - £150,000
£150,001 and over
4.13
Contribution
5.5%
5.8%
6.5%
6.8%
8.5%
9.9%
10.5%
11.4%
12.5%
The council’s employer contribution to the pension fund for all contributing
members is 21.5%.
When employment ends
4.14
A chief officer who ceases employment with the council may be entitled to a
severance payment if they are being dismissed either on grounds of
redundancy or on grounds of efficiency of the service. The procedure and
payments applicable in these circumstances are governed by the council’s
Severance Policy and also the Redundancy and Redeployment Policy, which
are published on the council’s website.
4.15
The council’s Pensions Discretion Policy sets out the discretions which the
council is able to exercise in the case of chief officers (and all other
employees). The procedure for approving the application of any pension
discretion is contained within this policy.
4.16
The Pensions Discretion Policy makes clear that the abatement provisions of
the Local Government Pension scheme will apply if an employee, who is in
receipt of a LGPS pension from Hounslow, is re-employed within local
government or in a new employment where they would be eligible to join the
LGPS before 1 April 2014. Abatement provisions will not be applicable to
employees who are re-employed within local government or in a new
employment where they would be eligible to join the LGPS after 31 March
2014.
4.17
In the unlikely event that a previous chief officer, who had left the authority
with a severance or redundancy package, were considered suitable to be reemployed or to provide a contract for services, the following safeguards are in
place:
(i)
The full and proper recruitment and selection processes, as laid out in
the council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy, will always be applied
where the proposal is to re-employ.
(ii)
Any arrangements and decisions made will be in full compliance with
the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local
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Government etc.) (Modification) Order 1999 and any associated
amendments.
(iii)
The detailed standards as laid out in the 'Procurement of Consultancy
Services' guidance cover the engagement of consultants.
Terms and conditions of employment
4.18
Chief Officers’ terms and conditions of employment are in accordance with the
Scheme of Conditions of Service for the Joint Negotiating, Committee (JNC)
for Local Authorities’ Chief Officers as supplemented by the council’s
employment policies. These may be amended from time to time by the
council and agreements made with the chief officers’ representative body.
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Remuneration of the lowest paid employees
5.1
The remuneration of the lowest-paid employees is determined by the
application of the Greater London Provincial Council Job Evaluation Scheme
(‘GLPC Scheme’). The GLPC Scheme was developed for use by London
boroughs and its aim is to operate grading arrangements based on principles
of fairness, transparency, and consistency.
5.2
As at 1 December 2014, the lowest paid employee is on spinal column point 5
(grade LLW1a of the council’s payscale) of the scheme. Whilst the nationally
agreed rate of pay for this post (as amended for London Boroughs) is £16,242
per year, the council adopted the London Living Wage for all employees with
effect from 1 November 2011. As a result, the lowest paid employee now
receives the London Living Wage rate of £16,518 per annum. Following the
announcement of an increase in the London Living Wage to £9.15 per hour,
the lowest paid employee will receive £17,175 per annum from 1 April 2015.
5.3
The pay multiple is the ratio between the highest paid earner and the average
median earnings of the whole workforce. At Hounslow, the highest paid
earner, at 1 December 2014, receives £164,828 per annum and the lowest
paid employee receives £16,518 making the pay multiple 5.8 times the median
salary and the pay ratio 1:10. The median salary is £28,555.
5.4
The council currently employs apprentices on specific pay rates which are in
line with the pay rates set by government. These pay rates are not included in
the pay multiple calculations as these are based on substantive pay grades
only.
6
Relationship between the remuneration of the council’s chief
officers and other officers
6.1
The council’s pay policies, in relation to chief officers and other staff, differ in
respect of performance related pay and allowances.
6.2
For chief officers, the Chief Officer Appraisal Scheme provides that an
increment is only payable if the outcome of their PDA is that their performance
is at least ‘satisfactory’. This also applies to employees whose posts are
graded in the Hounslow Management Group (HMG) range. For all other
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employees, progression through the salary scale is not dependent on
achieving satisfactory performance, although an increment can be withheld if
the employee is underperforming and being considered under the council’s
Capability Policy. The rationale for this different approach is a recognition that
local residents are entitled to expect that higher earning employees are
delivering the council’s objectives and are accountable to the community for
the work they perform.
6.3
As regards allowances, the council’s Allowances Policy sets out the
circumstances in which particular allowances can be claimed and the rates
which are payable. The policy expressly provides that chief officers and
employees in the HMG grades are not entitled to claim these allowances. The
rationale for this approach is that senior members of staff are expected to
carry out the duties of their post, and any others that may be required, for the
effective performance of their role and to meet the needs of the council. It is
considered that the level of pay they receive is sufficient to compensate them
for any additional work which they may be required to undertake.
7
Review
7.1
The Pay Statement will be reviewed annually and a new statement approved
by Borough Council before 31 March every year. The revised statement will be
published on the council’s web site after agreement has been reached.
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Appendix B
Senior Employee Salary Scales as at 1 December 2014
Chief Officers
CEO
1
2
3
4
140103
148502
156901
164828
CO1
1
2
3
4
5
111548
119159
126771
134382
141994
CO2
1
2
3
4
90130
95380
100628
106036
CO3
1
2
3
4
83148
87768
92387
97007
CO4
1
2
3
4
73805
77690
81574
85459
Hounslow Management Group (HMG)
HMG1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
273
57363
58350
59331
60324
61590
62877
64191
65544
66915
68105
69720
Appendix C
Pay Multiple
The council’s pay multiple is 5.8 times the median average salary and the pay ratio is
1:10.
This is calculated on the basis that the highest paid earner receives £164,828 per
annum and the lowest paid earner receives £16,518 per annum.
Minimum
Lower quartile
Median
Upper quartile
Maximum
16,518.00
21,588.00
28,555.00
36,669.00
164,828.00
Mean
30,720.63
Count FTE
2,340
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