Decision details

Small Affordable Housing Sites

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This report proposes to release a portfolio of council owned sites to Registered Providers, and invite them to bid competitively for the sites in order to develop new affordable housing. This approach will use the Registered Provider sector’s capacity and resources to enable affordable housing development.

Decision:

1.    That approval be given to the disposal of the portfolio of sites in Appendix 1 to a Registered Provider through competitive exercise, as described in the report;

2.    That the issue of the statutory notice to advertise the disposal of those sites that constitute open space be endorsed;

3.    That authority be delegated to the Service Director for Legal, Governance and Commissioning Support and the Strategic Director for Economy and Infrastructure, to negotiate and agree terms and complete the sale of sites once planning permissions have been obtained, unless further authority was required in respect of the disposal of any site where objections were received following the publication of the statutory notices advertising the disposal of the particular site; and

4.    That authority be delegated to the Service Director for Legal, Governance and Commissioning Support to enter into and execute any agreement and any other ancillary documents necessary to enable the sale and transfer of the sites in the Small Affordable Housing Sites portfolio as described in Appendix 1 to the report.

 

5.    That officers be requested to explore different types of tenure, supported living and different types of grant funding available.

 

Report author: James Hinchliffe

Publication date: 03/09/2018

Date of decision: 29/08/2018

Decided at meeting: 29/08/2018 - Cabinet

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