Decision details

Improving the City Council Offer: Small Site Newbuild Council Housing Phase 3

Decision Maker: Cabinet (Resources) Panel

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This report provides an update on the delivery of Phase 2 of the small sites new build programme and sets out the next set of HRA small sites for development and the delivery methods for 2017/18 requiring expenditure of £4million.

Decisions:

Cllr Peter Bilson presented an update report on the delivery of Phase 2 of the small sites new build programme using the Strategic Construction Partners (SCP) Wates and United Living.  A planned development of a third phase of small site development was proposed, which would be delivered by contractors to be procured through a competitive tendering process, intended to encourage small and medium sized enterprises to participate.

 

Resolved:

  1. That the allocation of £4.0 million from the approved Housing Revenue Account (HRA) capital budget for the New Build Programme to deliver the Small sites new build phase 3 be approved.

 

  1. That any variation from the identified sites and allocation of budget for Phase 3 of the small site new build be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Housing and City Assets, in conjunction with the Strategic Director of Housing and Director of Finance to maintain the delivery timescale of newbuild housing across the small sites.

 

  1. That it be noted that the next five sites for the Housing Revenue Account small sites development programme for the delivery of new build council housing would be delivered using local contractors procured through a competitive tendering exercise.

 

  1. That it be noted that one site would be used to pilot the delivery of new homes using modular construction methods to establish the benefits of this alternative delivery approach in terms of cost, quality and speed of delivery.

 

Report author: Steve North

Publication date: 09/02/2017

Date of decision: 07/02/2017

Decided at meeting: 07/02/2017 - Cabinet (Resources) Panel

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