Decision details

The Cabinet will be presented with a report outlining the outcome of the statutory notice procedure inviting representations on the potential appropriation and disposal of part of the Gurdwara Way / Whiting Avenue Open Space site for the development of low cost homes, as well as details of the draft terms for disposal and proposed ‘key worker’ categories.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree that, there being no objections registered in response to the statutory notice placed in the local press under Section 122 Local Government Act 1972 and Section 233 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the land shown hatched in blue on the plan at Appendix 1 to the report be appropriated from its existing use as open space for planning purposes and identified for disposal;

(ii)  Agree to the disposal of the freehold interest in the site to Pocket Living on terms detailed in the report;

(iii)  Authorise the Strategic Director of Growth and Homes, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment, the Strategic Director of Finance and Investment and the Director of Law and Governance, to approve final terms for the disposal of the site to Pocket Living and complete the necessary legal agreements under delegated authority; and

(iv)  Agree, in principle, the eligibility criteria and the priority categories of key workers identified in paragraphs 2.17 - 2.19 of the report, while noting that the final criteria and categories would be incorporated into a draft Section 106 Agreement that would accompany the planning application for the residential scheme for consideration and determination by the Development Control Board.