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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER
THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL (MULTIVERSITY)
COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2024
Compulsory Purchase of Land in Blackpool
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981
1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary for State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in exercise of their powers under the above Acts, on 30th January 2025 confirmed the Blackpool Borough Council (Multiversity) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024 submitted by the Blackpool Borough Council.
2. The order as confirmed provides for the purchase of the land described in Schedule 1 hereto for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out of development, redevelopment or improvement on or in relation to such land by an education-led mixed use development including a new higher education campus together with further education floorspace and/or commercial office/research and development floor-space and associated and ancillary uses together with new public realm and landscaping, highway works and other associated works.
3. A copy of the order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and of the map referred to therein have been deposited at Bickerstaffe Office Reception, Blackpool Council, Number One, Bickerstaffe Square, Blackpool, FY1 3AH, and Town Hall Reception, Blackpool Town Hall, Talbot Square, Blackpool, FY1 1AD and may be seen at all reasonable hours. A copy of the order and of the map may be viewed online at: www.blackpool.gov.uk/multiversityorder.
4. The order as confirmed becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. The grounds for challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the order.
5. Once the order has become operative, Blackpool Borough Council may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 below by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement on the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.
6. Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act in respect of the land comprised in the order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to Blackpool Borough Council, PO Box 11, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NB FAO Talha Yakub or by email to regeneration@ blackpool.gov.uk about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.
SCHEDULE 1
LAND COMPRISED IN THE ORDER AS CONFIRMED
Plot Extent, description and situation of the land
1 575 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (20 Cookson Street), Blackpool
2 287 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (22-24A Cookson Street), Blackpool
3 138 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (26 Cookson Street), Blackpool
4 277 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (28 and 30 Cookson Street), Blackpool
5 307 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (32 and 32A Cookson Street), Blackpool
6 84 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (Cookson Street), Blackpool
7 530 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (Cookson Street), Blackpool
8 246 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (34 and 34A Cookson Street), Blackpool
9 84 square metres, or thereabouts, of building and premises (36 Cookson Street), Blackpool
10 76 square metres, or thereabouts, of building and premises (38 Cookson Street), Blackpool
13 85 square metres, or thereabouts, of building and premises (40 Cookson Street), Blackpool
14 83 square metres, or thereabouts, of building and premises (42 Cookson Street), Blackpool
15 85 square metres, or thereabouts, of building and premises
(44 Cookson Street), Blackpool
16 242 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (46 and 46A Cookson Street and
6A Milbourne Street), Blackpool
17 278 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, building and premises (6B Milbourne Street), Blackpool
18 126 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (8 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
19 129 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (10 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
20 129 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (12 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
21 123 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (14 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
22 65 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (14A Milbourne Street), Blackpool
23 196 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (14B Milbourne Street), Blackpool
24 121 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (16 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
25 113 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (18 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
THE BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL
26 111 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (20 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
27 113 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (22 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
28 117 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (24 Milbourne Street), Blackpool
29 362 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (26 Grosvenor Street), Blackpool
30 414 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (33 Charles Street), Blackpool
31 141 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (31 Charles Street), Blackpool
32 136 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (29 Charles Street), Blackpool
33 137 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (27 Charles Street), Blackpool
34 140 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (25 Charles Street), Blackpool
35 141 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (23 Charles Street), Blackpool
36 141 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway and hardstanding situated to the west of 23 Charles Street, Blackpool
37 144 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (19 Charles Street), Blackpool
38 137 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (17 Charles Street), Blackpool
39 135 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (15 Charles Street), Blackpool
40 139 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (13 Charles Street), Blackpool
41 149 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (11 Charles Street), Blackpool
42 138 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (6 Charles Street), Blackpool
43 138 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (8 Charles Street), Blackpool
44 138 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (10 Charles Street), Blackpool
45 130 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (12 Charles Street), Blackpool
46 137 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (14 Charles Street), Blackpool
47 135 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (16 Charles Street), Blackpool
48 130 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (18 Charles Street), Blackpool
49 145 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (20 Charles Street), Blackpool
50 138 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (22 Charles Street), Blackpool
51 132 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (24 Charles Street), Blackpool
52 141 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (26 Charles Street), Blackpool
53 388 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (28 Charles Street), Blackpool
54 455 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, houses and premises (31 George Street and 28 Grosvenor Street), Blackpool
55 140 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (29 George Street), Blackpool
56 129 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (27 George Street), Blackpool
57 140 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (25 George Street), Blackpool
58 143 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (23 George Street), Blackpool
59 141 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (21 George Street), Blackpool
60 136 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (19 George Street), Blackpool
61 139 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (17 George Street), Blackpool
62 137 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (15 George Street), Blackpool
63 148 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (13 George Street), Blackpool
64 131 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (11 George Street), Blackpool
65 148 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (9 George Street), Blackpool
66 164 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (7 George Street), Blackpool
67 159 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway, house and premises (5 George Street), Blackpool
68 36 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (George Street), Blackpool
69 297 square metres, or thereabouts, of alleyway situated to the north of 11 Charles Street, Blackpool
70 47 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (Charles Street), Blackpool
71 282 square metres, or thereabouts, of alleyway situated to the south of 18 Charles Street, Blackpool
72 30 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (Grosvenor Street), Blackpool
73 43 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway (Milbourne Street), Blackpool
74 29 square metres, or thereabouts, of public adopted highway
(Grosvenor Street), Blackpool
SCHEDULE 2
FORM OF STATEMENT OF EFFECT OF PARTS 2 AND 3 OF THE COMPULSORY
PURCHASE (VESTING DECLARATIONS) ACT 1981
Power to execute a general vesting declaration
1. Once the Blackpool Borough Council (Multiversity) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024 has become operative, Blackpool Borough Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 above by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (“the Act”). This has the effect, subject to paragraphs 3 and 5 below, of vesting the land in the Council at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2 below.
Notices concerning general vesting declaration
2. As soon as may be after the Council execute a general vesting declaration, they must serve notice of it on every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration (except land where there is one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) and on every person who gives them information relating to the land in pursuance of the invitation contained in the confirmation notice of the order. When the service of notices of the general vesting declaration is completed, a period specified in the declaration of not less than three months, will begin to run. On the first day after the end of this period the land described in the declaration will, subject to what is said in paragraphs 3 and 5, vest in the Council together with the right to enter on the land and take possession of it. Every person on whom the Council could have served a notice to treat in respect of his interest in the land (other than a tenant under one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) will be entitled to claim compensation for the acquisition of his interest in the land, with interest on the compensation from the vesting date.
3. The “vesting date” for any land specified in a declaration will be the first day after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2 above, unless a counter-notice is served under Schedule A1 to the Act within that period. In such circumstances, the vesting date for the land which is the subject of the counter-notice will be determined in accordance with Schedule A1.
Modifications with respect to certain tenancies
4. In the case of certain tenancies, the position stated above is subject to modifications. The modifications apply where the tenancy is either a “minor tenancy”, i.e. a tenancy for a year or a yearly tenancy or a lesser interest, or “a long tenancy which is about to expire”. The latter expression means a tenancy granted for an interest greater than a minor tenancy but having on the vesting date a period still to run which is not more than the period specified in the declaration for this purpose (which must be more than a year). In calculating how long a tenancy has still to run, where any option to renew or to terminate it is available to either party, it shall be assumed that the landlord will take every opportunity open to him to terminate the tenancy while the tenant will use every opportunity to retain or renew his interest.
5. The modifications are that the Council may not exercise the right of entry referred to in paragraph 2 in respect of land subject to a tenancy described in paragraph 4 unless they first serve notice to treat in respect of the tenancy and then serve every occupier of the land with a notice of their intention to enter and take possession after the period (not less than three months from the service of the notice) specified in the notice. The right of entry will be exercisable at the end of that period. The vesting of the land will be subject to the tenancy until the end of that period or until the tenancy comes to an end, whichever happens first.
SCHEDULE 3
FORM FOR GIVING INFORMATION
THE BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL (MULTIVERSITY) COMPULSORY
PURCHASE ORDER 2024
To: Blackpool Borough Council, PO Box 11, Town Hall, Blackpool, FY1 1NB FAO Talha Yakub
[I] [We] being [a person] [persons] who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 in respect of all the land comprised in the compulsory purchase order cited above in respect of which notice to treat has not been given, would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of [all] [part of] that land, give you the following information, pursuant to the provisions of section 15 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.
1.Name and address of informant(s) (i.
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2.Land in which an interest is held by informant(s) (ii)
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3.Nature of interest (iii)
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Signed
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[on behalf of]
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Date
(i) In the case of a joint interest insert the names and addresses of all the informants.
(ii) The land should be described concisely.
(iii)If the interest is leasehold, the date of commencement and length of term should be given. If the land is subject to a mortgage or other incumbrance, details should be given, e.g. name of building society
and roll number
Dated this 19 February 2025
Alan Cavill
Director of Communications & Regeneration
Blackpool Borough Council
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