I can see where they've said it was one of the options being considered, but not that they'd decided to do it. It's far from as straightforward as some seem to imagine, and not generally the best option. The villain in the piece would seem to be the private company leaving it to go to rack and ruin, and sucking up ratepayers funds in the process.
It was reported as having been issued in January... Hull City Council issues compulsory purchase order for National Picture Theatre in Beverley Road http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull...tory-25895533-detail/story.html#ixzz3p7SmxLkt
That's a problem with basing things on the HDM. The headline does not match the content, or at least not the full story. "We don't want to hold back the revival of this key route into the city and the council will only use its CPO powers as a last resort." "It remains our preference to try to reach an earlier agreement with the affected parties wherever possible." CPO is far from the straight forward tool people seem to imagine. The villains are still the owners who left it to go to rack and ruin.
They based their headline on a Hull City Council press release... Council to serve CPO to owners of National Picture Theatre http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,674011&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=5695
Aye, which says "it remains our preference to try and reach an earlier agreement with the affected parties wherever possible." As I keep saying, CPO's aren't the straight forward option people seem think, and the real villain is STILL the owners that let it go to rack and ruin. The same owners that would get first refusal on a buy back after the CPO.
Sort of. I drove past today and out of the corner of my eye saw some building work going on for an Indian restaurant. Turns out it was actually in the old Swan pub next door. Need to drive slower I reckon.
