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Report of the Director of Placemaking and Housing. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking, and Local Economy and the Director of Placemaking and Housing.

This report seeks approval to appoint the recommended winning contractor to complete a new build development comprising 45 council homes on the Brunel Walk N15 site with associated amenity and the reconfiguration and enhancement of existing amenity on the Turner Avenue Estate and to appropriate the land for planning purposes to facilitate the development process.

The Cabinet Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking, and Local

Economy introduced the report which sought approval to appoint the recommended winning contractor to complete a new build development comprising 45 Council homes on the Brunel Walk N15 site with associated amenity and the reconfiguration and enhancement of existing amenity on the Turner Avenue Estate and to appropriate the land for planning purposes to facilitate the development process.

In response to questions Cllr Hakata and Cllr Cawley Harrison, the following was noted:

• In the development there would be a high level of insulation in all homes, green roofs, solar panels, and air source heat pumps. The running costs for the tenants moving into these homes would be low. The enhancements to the environment and the extra trees would massively increase biodiversity. This was a net zero carbon scheme.

• Due diligence had been carried out on the contractor. The Council would do everything they could to limit exposure. The contract at hand was a fixed price contract, in terms of limiting exposure it was a reputable contractor with a healthy balance sheet.

Further to considering exempt information at item 22,

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 45 new homes at Brunel Walk and enhancement to the Turner Avenue estate amenity for a total contract sum set out in the exempt part of the report; and approves the client contingency sum set out in the exempt part of the report.

2. To approve the appropriation of the Brunel Walk and Turner Avenue 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 Brunel Walk and Turner Avenue estate development, under planning permission Ref: HGY/2022/2723.

4. To delegate to the Director of Placemaking & Housing, after consultation with the Director of Finance and the Cabinet Member for Council House building, Placemaking, and Local Economy, authority to make payments of compensation as a result of genuine claims of third party rights affected by the Brunel Walk and Turner Avenue development and payable as a result of the recommendation 3.1.3, within the existing scheme of delegation.

5. To approve the appropriation of Brunel Walk and Turner Avenue development site edged red in the plan titled ‘Development 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.

6. To approve the total scheme cost set out in the exempt part  ...  view the full minutes text for item 40