To seek approval for the Director of Governance & Compliance to:-
1) purchase the land known as Land at Kinderton Lodge Farm, Middlewich (as shaded pink on Plan 1); and
2) authorise the Council to enter into a Contracted-Out Lease for working areas on adjoining land (as shaded green on Plan 1); and
3) authorise the Council to enter into a Deed of easement for ecology mitigation works on adjoining land (as blue green on Plan 1); and
4) enter into any ancillary agreements in connection with the acquisition or use of land in advance of a compulsory purchase order and pay all sums due in respect of compensatable interests to the landowner and the reasonable and proper professional fees applicable to the acquisition, on terms and conditions to be agreed by the Head of Estates and the Director of Governance & Compliance.
In relation to the environmental mitigation land:-
1) to authorise the Director of Highways to enter into an agreement under Section 253 Highways Act 1980 that provides for the management of the ecological mitigation areas on further adjoining land. (as shaded yellow on Plan 1).