Decision details
Proposed Purchase of Sixty-One Affordable Homes for Rent and Shared Ownership
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder - Housing and Homelessness
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 sixty-one new-build residential properties within the
District.
Forming part of the same development, all of the homes will meet a
Planning S106 requirement.
Due to the pre-contract nature of this decision and the associated
commercial sensitivity, financial and site-specific information has
been set out within Confidential Appendix 1.
Decision:
On 12 February 2025, Cllr Steve Davies, the
Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness made the following
decision:
That 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 sixty-one 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 (Tanya
Coulter) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm
on 19 February 2025.
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: Tim Davis, Service Manager - Housing Strategy & Development Email: tim.davis@nfdc.gov.uk.
Publication date: 12/02/2025
Effective from: 20/02/2025
Accompanying Documents: