Issue - meetings

[To declare the site surplus to the Council’s requirements and consider the future use of the site]

1.     That the former Old Fallings Adventure Playground be formally declared surplus to the Council’s requirements.

2.     That the future use of the site and its feasibility for affordable council housing development (100% affordable homes, to be principally affordable rent Council housing, with a proportion of affordable home ownership to be considered as required by planning regulations) be explored.

3.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place to approve the disposal or appropriation of the former Old Fallings Adventure Playground.

4.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Service Director City Housing to approve the development of the site for Affordable Council Housing once feasibility studies and site investigations are complete.

5.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Service Director City Housing to approve agreements including but not limited to deed of covenants, collateral warranties, assignments and such other ancillary agreements, including capital variations as may be necessary in order to facilitate housing development on this site and the adjacent garage site.

Councillor Peter Bilson presented the report on proposals to formally declare surplus to the Council’s requirements the former Old Fallings Adventure Playground and on options for the future use of the site.  The site had a minimal valuation due to access constraints and was unlikely to be an attractive proposition for a private developer for either housing or other uses.  Following engagement with local residents and ongoing communication with Housing Development, the preferred option was to appropriate the site to the Housing Revenue Account for affordable housing, subject to further cost, viability investigations and planning consent.

Resolved:

1.    That the former Old Fallings Adventure Playground be formally declared surplus to the Council’s requirements.

2.    That the future use of the site and its feasibility for affordable council housing development (100% affordable homes, to be principally affordable rent Council housing, with a proportion of affordable home ownership to be considered as required by planning regulations) be explored.

3.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Strategic Director for Place to approve the disposal or appropriation of the former Old Fallings Adventure Playground.

4.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Service Director City Housing to approve the development of the site for Affordable Council Housing once feasibility studies and site investigations are complete.

5.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing in consultation with the Service Director City Housing to approve agreements including but not limited to deed of covenants, collateral warranties, assignments and such other ancillary agreements, including capital variations as may be necessary in order to facilitate housing development on this site and the adjacent garage site.