Issue - meetings

A report seeking Cabinet approval to dispose of a portfolio of council owned sites to a registered provider to provide affordable housing.

Wards: Dewsbury South; Dewsbury West; Kirkburton; Lindley; Mirfield;

Officer: James Hinchliffe, Economic Resilience Project Manager

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.