Poplar HARCA has been consulting with the local community on Leopold Estate with regard to the proposals for regeneration.  Negotiations have taken place with individual land owners to seek voluntary acquisitions and they have been made aware that discussions are underway with the council to seek to commence a CPO process.

Poplar HARCA has consulted with the Council’s Development and Renewal Department and Legal Services regarding the appropriateness of securing a CPO to enable these regeneration schemes to progress.

Poplar HARCA is committed to maintaining an open dialogue with land owners to seek to secure voluntary acquisitions to avoid the need to compulsorily acquire land interests.  This will be achieved through a process of ongoing communication relating to scheme progress, individual negotiations and support with relocation/acquisition arrangements.

Poplar HARCA wishes the negotiations to be supported by the instigation of a CPO process in order to ensure that the scheme is not unduly delayed and that the scheme is not held to ransom due to unrealistic expectations.