Out-Law News 1 min. read
27 Jun 2012, 3:09 pm
The proposed plans for the regeneration scheme include up to 3,000 new homes, a community centre, health centre and school, along with new business development and infrastructure improvements.
The development partner would be expected to provide financial support to the Council toward the costs of land acquisition, remediation and infrastructure provision in order to facilitate the delivery of the project.
Outline plans for the scheme were submitted in March when the Council took over the project as a result of the dissolution of the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation.
The Council has committed extra funding to the scheme and is seeking to tie it in with the regeneration of a neighbouring housing estate and adjoining land where it is the majority freeholder.
Purfleet is designated as a 'key' area for regeneration and growth in the Council's Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy, which states that the regeneration should be founded on the development of a mix of dwellings, employment and community facilities focused around a new centre adjoining the railway station and riverside.
The Council's proposed plans for the scheme are due for determination by the Council’s Planning Committee in late 2012. The application seeks to establish the most important material planning considerations; broad development parameters and design codes for the project, the Council said.
The site covers approximately 71 acres, but the Council has made a resolution ‘in principle’ to use its compulsory acquisition powers should they be required to assemble the remaining property, rights and interests to deliver the Council’s Vision for Purfleet.
The Council has agreed a "streamlined governance arrangement" with its cabinet, which will allow faster decision making without the need to await pre-determined Cabinet meeting dates, the Council said.
