Issue - meetings

That

1.  The Capital Investment for the delivery of 26 new homes be approved, on the basis that all homes will be held for affordable housing, on the assumption the increase of GLA grant is approved.  Noting this requires £4,717k of external borrowing for the Council (as detailed in section 6 of the report).  If the revised GLA grant is not received, the scheme will remain as was previously agreed;

2.  An additional revenue contribution of £244k be approved to part-finance the capital costs of the Library element of scheme, as detailed in section 6 of this report. Provision for this sum will be identified in central contingency as part of the 2023/24 revenue budget outturn (see also Q3 2023/24 Revenue budget monitoring report on agenda for this meeting of Executive);

3.  The required changes to be submitted via a planning variation be approved; and,

4.  Any additional grants in relation to this scheme be accepted.

Report HPR2024/010

The report recommended to the Executive that the West Wickham Housing Scheme was developed and funded as a fully socially rented housing scheme.  This amended the previously agreed scheme, which was a mix of affordable and private, approved in February 2023 (report no. HPR 2023/009)

The report had been scrutinised by the Renewal Recreation and Housing PDS Committee on 14 March 2024 and the Committee supported the recommendations.

RESOLVED: That

1.  The Capital Investment for the delivery of 26 new homes be approved, on the basis that all homes will be held for affordable housing, on the assumption the increase of GLA grant is approved.  Noting this requires £4,717k of external borrowing for the Council (as detailed in section 6 of the report).  If the revised GLA grant is not received, the scheme will remain as was previously agreed;

2.  An additional revenue contribution of £244k be approved to part-finance the capital costs of the Library element of scheme, as detailed in section 6 of this report. Provision for this sum will be identified in central contingency as part of the 2023/24 revenue budget outturn (see also Q3 2023/24 Revenue budget monitoring report on the agenda for this meeting of Executive);

3.  The required changes to be submitted via a planning variation be approved; and,

4.  Any additional grants in relation to this scheme be accepted.