Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Regeneration and Welfare

The Head of Regeneration and Welfare introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval for the preferred delivery route to ensure the sites at Burton Road and Station Road are redeveloped for residential units as affordable housing and temporary accommodation.

RESOLVED to:

1)    Approve the redevelopment of Burton Road and Station Road as sites for the provision of Council owned affordable housing and temporary accommodation, as detailed in the report, subject to any necessary approvals, including planning permission and subject to the confirmation of grant funding and costs remaining within the approved budget;

2)    Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Growth and Regeneration, to approve a final design scheme for the sites at Burton Road and Station Road, to be submitted for planning permission, in consultation with the Leader of the Council;

3)    Approve the submission of an application to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to waive the statutory requirement to open a Housing Revenue Account for any affordable/social housing units constructed on the site; and

4)    Approve the submission of an application for necessary consents to charge affordable rent for the housing not retained as temporary accommodation units.