Landowners and leaseholders in Sandbrook Way, an infamously rundown area of Ainsdale, could soon be forced to give up their properties by the council.
Bosses at Sefton say they still don’t have full ownership of the site and cannot move forward with their redevelopment plans.
It means they are now looking into using rare legal powers to force sales from landowners, who would be powerless to do anything.
In order to bring forward comprehensive development of this site the whole site needs to be within Council ownership.
The council say “Considerable progress has been made (through negotiation by agreement) with a number of the leasehold interest for site” however there remain a number of leaseholders with which Sefton Council has been unable to yet reach agreement.
Sefton Council is considering using compulsory acquisition powers to conclude these negotiations and in order to do this, the Council needs to be able to demonstrate it has a viable and deliverable development proposal for the site.
If the Compulsory Purchase Orders are agreed, the council will look to take ownership away from those still holding out.
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