Issue - meetings

To seek approval to grant a right of access over a pathway at Cox’s Pond, Harwich.

Cabinet authorises, in principle, the right of way, subject to the terms set out in item B.1 of the Report of the Leader of the Council.

Councillor G V Guglielmi had earlier declared a non-pecuniary interest in this item insofar as he was a fellow Director, along with the owner of Rose Builders, on the Board of a Housing Trust. 

There was submitted a report by the Leader of the Council (Report A.3) which sought Cabinet’s approval to grant a right of access over a pathway at Cox’s Pond, Harwich.

Cabinet was informed that the Bernard Uniforms site in Harwich had previously been occupied by a factory but when this closed the land was sold for the development of social housing. The developer, Rose Builders, would build, on behalf of Colne Housing Association, 27 units all of which would be for social housing and those would be a mix of houses and flats with associated car parking and landscaping.

It was reported that Cox’s Pond was a small landscaped pond adjacent to the Bernard Uniforms site. The pathway adjacent to the pond would provide a pedestrian access to the new properties and the Council would receive a small sum of money and some improvement works as a result of approving this right of way. The right of way would not affect the pond or the area surrounding it. The pathway would be upgraded and the railings replaced as a result of this proposal. The developer had submitted an acceptable offer in terms of monetary compensation.

Having considered the proposal it was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor Watling and:

RESOLVED that Cabinet authorises, in principle, the right of way, subject to the terms set out in item B.1 of the Report of the Leader of the Council.