Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making, and Development considered the report which sought approval, in the light of consultation with local residents, to build four new Council homes on Council-owned land at Topham Square and Risley Avenue, in the White Hart Lane Ward. The homes comprise 1 two-bedroom house, 2 three-bedroom houses and 1 four-bedroom house, all of which will be let at Social Rents.

In order to achieve this, the report asked to agree the appropriation of the land, first for planning purposes, and then, on completion, for housing purposes; and in light of a formal tender process to award a construction contract to a locally based firm, NFC Homes Limited.

The Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making, and Development noted that the Cabinet Member portfolio had been updated from the Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal to the Cabinet Member for House Building, Place-Making, and Development.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED

1.    To consider the responses to the consultation carried out on this proposed scheme in line with section 105 of the Housing Act 1985, as set out in the report, and the wider community engagement set out in the report.

2.    To approve the direct appointment allowed by Contract Standing Order 10.01.2.d of NFC Homes Limited to undertake the new build works to provide a total of four new homes at Topham Square and 15-25 Risley Avenue car park for the contract and contingency sum set out in the exempt report attached as Appendix 2.

3.    To approve the appropriation of the land at Topham Square and 15-25 Risley Avenue car park (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 it is no longer required for the purpose which it is currently held, and for the purpose of carrying out development as set out in section 6 of this report.

4.    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 Topham Square and Risley Avenue development under planning ref: HGY/2022/0018.

5.    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 House Building, Place-Making, and Development, authority to make payments of compensation in the event that any infringement arises from the development and the recommendation 3, within the existing scheme of delegation.

6.    To approve the appropriation of the land at Topham Square and Risley Avenue Road car park (edged red in the plan 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.

Reasons for decision

The land at Topham Square and Risley Avenue was approved by Cabinet in July 2019 to be included in the Council’s Housing Delivery programme. A planning application was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 152

The Cabinet Member considered the exempt information.