Issue details

To consider the making of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for the acquisition of interests in land that need to be within the Council’s control to enable the remodelling of Buxton House in accordance with planning consent number 2024/48/90109/W.

Resident engagement took place in a vacant flat at Buxton House on 23 April 2024.  The purpose of the engagement was to showcase the planning application, to explain the changes to the design that had taken place since the previous consultation and to understand any queries or concerns that residents had about the proposals.  Around one third of the remaining residents attended the event with 8 providing feedback to say they liked the proposals.  One resident identified a number of concerns around the layout of the 1-bedroom flats.  These were discussed with the architects who explained that the constraints and structure of the building meant that it would not be possible to accommodate the suggested amendments to the flat layouts.  Colleagues from housing management accepted the reasoning and provided feedback to the resident.