Cabinet To Note:

·         Under the London Mayor Housing Covenant – Affordable Housing Programme 2015-18:  Note the grant of £3,960,000 to build 132 new additional Council homes for rent at various addresses in the borough.

·         Under the Local Growth Fund: the approval from the HCA to borrow an additional £8,225,000 within the HRA, thereby taking the HRA Debt Cap to £192m, in order to facilitate the delivery of 48 new additional Council homes for rent.

Cabinet To Approve:

§  Under the London Mayor Housing Covenant – Affordable Housing Programme 2015-18: Approve the resulting requirement for a contribution from the Council for the development sites on infill sites on Hereford and Locksley Housing Estates

§  Under the Local Growth Fund: Approve the resulting requirement for a contribution from the Council for the development sites on opportunity sites on Baroness Road and Jubilee Street.

§  Approve the allocation from the Council’s resources for the development of an additional 7 new Council homes on available land to be funded from the HRA and existing Right To Buy Receipts

§  Approve the adoption of a capital estimate in order to deliver 187 additional new Council homes.

Cabinet To Authorise:

·         Authorise the Corporate Director Development & Renewal  to approve the details of the proposed schemes subject to planning

·         Authorise the Director, Development & Renewal to be authorised to take the necessary actions to deliver the schemes within the timescale of the funding programme, including entering into a contract with the GLA / HCA

·         Authorise the execution of the grant agreements with the GLA / HCA

·         Authorise the procurement of the required professional and technical services and works contracts and utilising suitable procurement frameworks available to the public sector

·         Authorise the Corporate Director Development & Renewal,  in consultation with the Mayor to award all necessary contracts to undertake the schemes

·         Authorise the Corporate Director Development & Renewal,  in consultation with the Service Head - Legal Services to agree the terms of the necessary contracts

·         Authorise the Service Head - Legal Services to execute  all necessary documents to implement the decisions in respect of this report 

DECISION

1.            To agree that consultancy services may be engaged to take the following projects (details of which are set out in the report) to the planning stage –

(a)  Locksley Estate and Hereford Street;

(b)  Jubilee Street and Baroness Road;

(c)  Brick Lane, Christian St, Spelman Street and Mile End Road

2.            To note the proposed approach to procurement of the consultancy services in paragraph 3.16 of the report and the estimated value of the services in paragraph 3.17 of the report.

3.            To note the risks set out in the report in relation to proceeding with the projects as outlined in 1 and 2 in circumstances where the projects are not currently included in the Council’s capital programme and do not have budgets allocated.

4.            To authorise the Corporate Director Development & Renewal, after consultation with the Service Head – Legal Services, to agree the terms of the necessary contracts.

5.            To adopt capital estimates, including contingencies, of £15.071 million for Locksley Estate and £11.797 million for Hereford Street (a total capital estimate of £26.868 million), subject to the scheme being included in the 2015-16 to 2017-18 capital programme, and subsequent Council approval as part of the  2015-16 budget process.

6.            To adopt capital estimates, including contingencies, of £6.583 million for Jubilee Street and £4.707 million for Baroness Road (a total capital estimate of £11.290 million), subject to the scheme being included in the 2015-16 to 2017-18 capital programme, and subsequent Council approval as part of the  2015-16 budget process.

7.            To adopt capital estimates, including contingencies, of £538,000 for Brick Lane, £280,000 for Christian Street, £817,000 for Spelman Street and £525,000 for Mile End Road (a total capital estimate of £2.160 million), subject to the scheme being included in the 2015-16 to 2017-18 capital programme, and subsequent Council approval as part of the 2015-16 budget process.

8.            To agree that £1.91 million of the adopted capital estimates may be expended prior to the schemes being included in the 2015-16 to 2017-18 capital programme and subsequent Council approval as part of the 2015-16 budget process, in order that the services outlined in paragraph 1 can be commissioned and note that this funding is available from uncommitted resources of £2million that were set aside as a provision to fund new housing supply as part of the 2014-15 budget process.

9.            To agree entry into the grant agreements with the GLA and HCA.

10.         To authorise the procurement of the required professional and technical services and works contracts and utilising suitable procurement frameworks available to the public sector.

11.         To authorise the Corporate Director, Development and Renewal to agree the terms and conditions of the agreements referred to in 1 and 9, after consultation with the Service Head – Legal Services.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)

(Strategic Housing Manager (J. Coker)

(Strategic Projects Manager (G. Le Tissier)