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[Report of the Director for Housing, Planning and Regeneration. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal.]

This report will seek approval to award the construction contract for housing development at Poynton Road and to appropriate the land for planning purposes.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal introduced the report which sought approval to appoint the recommended winning contractor to complete a new build development of two Council rented three-bedroom family terraced homes at Poynton Road N17 and to appropriate the land for planning purposes to facilitate the development process.

It was noted that on approval, this development will be the sixth scheme to move to a start on site, of the 58 schemes in the Council housing delivery programme that the Council intends to directly deliver itself. It will be the eleventh scheme to move to a start on site in the overall programme.

The Cabinet Member outlined that Poynton Road was currently housing derelict buildings, since 2014 when they ceased to be used as retail units. The Council’s intervention would turn an eyesore plagued by anti-social behaviour into two new family terraced homes for Council rent.

Further to considering exempt information at item 28,

RESOLVED

1. To approve the appointment of the recommended winning contractor set out in the exempt Appendix 2 to undertake the new build works to provide a total of two Council rented homes at Poynton Road for a total contract sum of £673,377.00 and to approve the client contingency sum set out in the exempt part of the report.

2. To approve the appropriation of the land at Poynton Road (edged red in the plans attached at Appendix 1) from housing purposes to planning purposes under Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 as they are no longer required for the purpose which they are currently held, and for the purpose of carrying out development as set out in paragraphs 6.1 to 6.27 of this report.

3. To approve the use of the Council’s powers under Section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to override easements and other rights of neighbouring properties infringed upon by the Poynton Road development, under planning permission Ref: HGY/2020/0182.

4. To delegate to the Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning, after consultation with the Director of Finance and the Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal, authority to make payments of compensation as a result of any infringement arising from the development and the resolution 3.1.3, within the existing scheme of delegation.

5. To approve the appropriation of the land at Poynton Road (edged red in the plans attached at Appendix 1) from planning purposes back to housing purposes under Section 19 of the Housing Act 1985, after practical completion of the development on 31 December 2021.

Reasons for decisions

Poynton Road was approved by Cabinet on 9 July 2019 to be included in the Council housing delivery programme. This scheme has subsequently been granted planning consent and is ready to progress to construction. This report therefore marks the third, and final, Member led decision to develop these two sites.

Following a formal tender process, a contractor has been identified to undertake these works.

The appropriation of the site for planning purposes is required as it will allow the Council  ...  view the full minutes text for item 295