Issue - meetings

[Report of the Tottenham Director. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Planning. ]Report seeking approval to enter into contract with the preferred bidder for the conservation works to the facades of nine buildings along the High Road and White Hart Lane.

The Leader of the Council introduced the report, which took forward agreement for a combination of Council, Heritage Lottery, and property owner funding to restore up to 28 historic shop fronts on White Hart Lane and the High Road.

This report was seeking approval to enter into a contract with Cuttle Construction Limited, the preferred bidder for Phase 1 of the North Tottenham Townscape Heritage Initiative.

In response to a question from Councillor Morris, Cabinet noted that the four historic buildings referred to were entirely different to this scheme. There was no financial contribution required from Spurs to this scheme which was a Heritage Lottery scheme.

RESOLVED

That in accordance with Contract Standing Order 9.07.1(d) Cabinet approves the award of the contract for Phase 1 of the North Tottenham THI to Cuttle Construction Limited for the contract sum of £673,845.

Reasons for decision

To enable the implementation and completion of repair and restoration works as part of the THI. In accordance with the grant agreement between the Council and HLF and the approved programme, Phase 1 works are required to start in July 2017 and be completed by December 2017.

Alternative options considered

To not appoint a contractor would mean the terms of the grant agreement between the Council and HLF not being met and potentially result in the loss of external investment in North Tottenham of over £1,468,000 from HLF and £304,000 from local property owners. The HLF grant must be spent by March 2020.