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Affordable Housing Development Proposal

Meeting: 19/03/2013 - Cabinet Capital Assets Committee (Item 73)

73 Affordable Housing Development Proposal

Report of the Director for Strategy and Commissioning.

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Councillor John Thomson, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Communities and Housing presented a report which sought Committee approval to transfer the Margaret Stancomb School site in Trowbridge to the Council’s Housing PFI partner, Aster Homes. This would enable the delivery of 22 new affordable homes.

 

Whilst it had been previously agreed not to proceed with phase 2 of the Housing PFI scheme, there was still the opportunity to use the identified sites to deliver affordable housing. The Margaret Stancomb site was currently vacant and ready to progress. If approved and subject to planning permission, it was anticipated that the first completions would be achieved by the end of 2014, possibly by Spring.

 

Four options were presented for the Committee’s consideration. Option 2 represented the preferred option, limiting it to transferring the site to Aster Homes with whom the Council already had a close working relationship in delivering affordable housing through the PFI project.

 

Resolved:

 

To delegate authority to the Service Director for Business Services after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Waste, Property, Environment and Development Control services to approve the transfer of the Margaret Stancomb School site to Aster Homes for the delivery of 22 new affordable homes including carrying out any required procurement or legal activities.

 

Reason for decision

 

To ensure the delivery of 22 new affordable homes to meet identified housing need.