Decision details

Further to Minute 117 (13 September 2005), received a report seeking the allocation of additional capital funding towards the Bartletts House and Oldmead House refurbishment project.  Noted that the additional funding is required to make up for a lower than projected level of receipts from Right-to-Buy sales in the second half of 2004/05.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its Community Priority of ‘Improving Health, Housing and Social Care’, to:

(i)  Note the progress of the project to date;

(ii)  The transfer of £1.2m from the Housing Futures 2008/09 capital budget to give a revised budget of £5.45m for this project, and the reprofiling as £700,000 on 2006/07 and £4.75m in 2007/08;

(iii)  Note that a further report will be presented to the Executive to seek approval for the appointment of the constructor in September 2006; and

(iv)  The proposals for resident liaison and consultation to enable residents to decide on the priority of non-essential improvements.