Decision details
Proposed Purchase of New Build Homes for Affordable Rent and Shared Ownership
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Housing and Homelessness Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This report seeks the approval of the Housing
and Homelessness Services Portfolio Holder to acquire the freehold
interest in seventeen new-build residential properties within the
west of the District. Forming part of the same development,
fourteen of the homes will meet a Planning S106 requirement; whilst
an additional three homes are being purchased to provide shared
ownership housing, part funded through Homes England grant
subsidy.
Decision:
On 21 October 2022, Cllr Jill Cleary, the
Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness Services made the
following decision:
In accordance with adopted strategic housing and development
objectives, it is recommended that the Council enters a Development
Agreement and Contract with the house builder to acquire the
freehold interest of the seventeen new-build homes for the sum
disclosed within Confidential Appendix 1.
Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who
considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice
using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council's
intranet / extranet site.
Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer
(Grainne O'Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR
BY 5.15pm on Friday 28 October 2022. Details of the document the
Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.
Reasons for the decision:
See Report
Alternative options considered:
See Report
Declarations of Interest(s): None
Contact: Grainne O'Rourke, Strategic Director of Housing, Communities and Governance Email: grainne.orourke@nfdc.gov.uk, Tim Davis, Service Manager - Housing Strategy & Development Email: tim.davis@nfdc.gov.uk.
Publication date: 21/10/2022
Effective from: 29/10/2022
Accompanying Documents:
- Purchase of seventeen affordable homes RPT.docx PDF 214 KB
- Restricted enclosure View reasons restricted