Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member considered the exempt information.

The Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking, and Development considered the report which sought approval to appoint the recommended contractor to complete a new build development of 23 new Council homes comprising 14 x one-bed two-person flats, 7 x two-bed four-person flats, 1 x two-bed three-person wheelchair flat, 1 x two-bed four-person wheelchair flat on Council land at Partridge Way edged red on the Development Plan attached at Appendix 1 being the ‘Partridge Way development site’. All 23 new council homes would be let at London Affordable Rents, pending Cabinet approval of the Provisional MTFS Budget on the 6^th December 2022.

The report also sought approval of the appropriation of the land edged red on the Development Plan at Appendix 1 from housing for planning purposes to facilitate the development process which would also allow the Council to utilise its powers to override any third party interests and rights (subject to engagement with any potential claimants) and then to appropriate the land back to housing following practical completion of the development.

It was highlighted that all references to the Cabinet Member in the report should state the Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking, and Development and that all references to the Director should state the Director of Placemaking and Housing.

It was noted that the Cabinet had approved the Provisional MTFS Budget on 6 December 2022.

The Cabinet Member RESOLVED

1.    To approve the appointment of Contractor A, identified in the exempt part of the report, to undertake the new build works to provide a total of 23 new Council homes let at London Affordable Rents (pending Cabinet approval of the Provisional MTFS Budget on 6 December 2022) at Partridge Way for a total contract sum set out in the exempt part of the report; and to approve the client contingency sum set out in the exempt part of the report.

2.    To approve the appropriation of the Partridge Way development site edged red on the plan titled ‘Development Plan’, 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 the development as set out in part 6 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 third party rights and interests infringed upon by the Partridge Way development, under planning permission Ref: HGY/2021/2075.

4.    To delegate to the Director of Placemaking and Housing, after consultation with the Director of Finance and the Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking, and Development, authority to make payments of compensation as a result of genuine claims of third party rights affected by the Partridge Way development and payable as a result of the recommendation 3, within the existing scheme of delegation.

5.    To approve the appropriation of Partridge Way development site edged red in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3