Issue - meetings
Housing Capital Projects: Pipeline schemes
Meeting: 25/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Housing Capital Projects PDF 119 KB
Additional documents:
- 5.1a APPENDIX 1- EXEMPT Housing Capital Projects , View reasons restricted (5/2)
- Webcast for Housing Capital Projects
Decision:
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and responses were noted.
The Exempt Appendix was noted.
DECISION
1. To note the approach to community consultation for schemes in the pipeline;
2. To approve the allocation of a capital budget of £3.30 million for feasibility and preliminary works for the schemes listed in the Housing Capital Pipeline Programme;
3. To authorise the Corporate Director, Place, after consultation with the Corporate Director, Governance, to agree to proceed to award contracts and enter into any agreements required to implement recommendation 2 if so required, subject to tenders being within the approved capital budgets and progress the Housing Capital Pipeline Programme.
Action by:
ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)
(Acting Divisional Manager, Strategic Housing (J. Coker)
(Interim Project Manager, Capital Delivery (J. Abraham)
Minutes:
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and responses were noted.
The Exempt Appendix was noted and agreed as exempt for the following reason as set out in the Appendix:
By virtue of paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 the information in this report is exempt as it relates to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the Authority holding that information).
Councillor Rachel Blake, Cabinet Member for Strategic Development and Waste, introduced the report. She stated that this was a giant step forward for the authority in ensuring the provision of properly affordable new housing. The report also set out plans for meaningful engagement with residents and stakeholders as the Council were looking to them to help shape the proposals.
During discussion of the item Councillor Peter Golds, Leader of the Conservative Group, addressed Cabinet. He reported that his group welcomed the report and looked forward to the scheme moving forward as soon as possible.
The Mayor thanked Members for their contributions and welcomed the report. He agreed that it was important to get the consultation process right. He agreed the recommendations as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
1. To note the approach to community consultation for schemes in the pipeline;
2. To approve the allocation of a capital budget of £3.30 million for feasibility and preliminary works for the schemes listed in the Housing Capital Pipeline Programme;
3. To authorise the Corporate Director, Place, after consultation with the Corporate Director, Governance, to agree to proceed to award contracts and enter into any agreements required to implement recommendation 2 if so required, subject to tenders being within the approved capital budgets and progress the Housing Capital Pipeline Programme.