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[Report of the Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning.  To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making and Development]

The Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making and Development introduced the report which provided an update on the partnership work between the Council and the Broadwater Farm Estate community to develop placemaking design proposals.  The report also sought approval of the key principles of the preferred design and ground floor strategy alongside the key commitments to residents which would form part of a Landlord Offer, and approval to proceed to a resident ballot on the Broadwater Farm Estate.

The Cabinet Member responded to questions from Councillor Cawley-Harrison:

-           Residents would be provided with indicative rents before the ballot, however this would be with the caveat that rents would be set according to the formula at the time of letting the properties.

-           There was a ‘no’ vote, a new scheme would have to be started from scratch.  Tangmere and Northolt blocks were due to be demolished for health and safety reasons, and would leave a large space in the estate.

-           There were 28 leasehold properties, with resident leaseholders entitled to the right to return.  Not all were resident leaseholders however, so the maximum number of leaseholders who could return would be 28 but this number may be lower.

RESOLVED that Cabinet

1.         Note and consider the feedback from consultations with residents and the wider community, including those required under Section 105, on the design of the new homes and associated improvements on Broadwater Farm, as described in paragraphs 6.8 to 6.26 and set out in Appendix A.

2.         Approve the following:

a)     The key principles of the Urban Design Framework (UDF) as described in paragraphs 6.27 to 6.35 and the summary draft UDF document in Appendix B

b)     The key principles of the preferred design for new homes, as described in paragraph 6.37 and the summary document in Appendix C, that will be voted on by residents in the ballot referred to in recommendation 3.2 (e)

c)      The commitments of the Broadwater Farm Landlord Offer as set out in paragraph 6.70.

d)     The principles of the proposed Rent Strategy for the new homes on the estate, as set out in paragraphs 6.77 to 6.85.

e)     A ballot be undertaken of eligible current and former Broadwater Farm residents based on the approved design and the Broadwater Farm Landlord Offer, described in paragraphs 6.72 to 6.76.

f)       The inclusion of the Enterprise Centre, Broadwater Farm Medical Centre and the former Moselle School as development sites within the design proposals, as described in paragraphs 6.41 to 6.64. 

3.         Delegate authority to the Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning, after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housebuilding, Placemaking and Development, to:

a)     Approve the final ballot materials, including the final Landlord Offer document and the final ballot programme.

b)     Approve the final detailed design and subsequent submission of a full planning application, based on the design principles referred to in recommendation 2(b) and subject to the outcome of the ballot referred to in recommendation 2(e).

Reasons for decision

The demolition of Tangmere  ...  view the full minutes text for item 674