Issue - meetings

(* The Chair agreed that this report could be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency under the provisions of section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972)

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Customer Services on the delivery options for the building of new Council houses within the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and the reallocation of funding from the Capital Programme to support the new build programme.

Noted details of the wider plan for housing regeneration in the Borough, which will involve the HRA new build programme running parallel to the formation of the Barking and Dagenham Local Housing Company (LHC) for the redevelopment of previously identified large scale multi-tenure residential sites, and the potential avenues of funding support such as National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP) grant. 

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve its “Prosperous” Community Priority through increasing the supply and range of family-sized social rented housing in the Borough, to:

(i)  The reallocation of £7.1m within the Capital Programme for the rolling programme of new build Council homes based on the sites set out in Appendix A, funded from the deferment of current Capital Programme Priority 3 schemes and savings on other capital projects, as detailed in the report;

(ii)  The ‘Phase 1’ sites listed below being funded for redevelopment as a priority, subject to further detailed development and financial appraisals and statutory consents as set out in the report:

§  Rogers Road Depot  4 units

§  Land adjacent to Essex Road  3 units

§  135 Bromhall Rd and Surgery  4 units

§  Highlands Ave (behind 28-30) garages  8 units

(iii)  The full extent of the programme being submitted to Executive for approval once confirmation of NAHP grant funding has been received from the Homes and Communities Agency for the ‘Phase 2’ sites listed below:

§  Maplestead Crescent  10 units

§  Beamway Road    5 units

§  Alfred gardens    5 units

§  Thornhill Gardens    6 units

§  Chelmer Cresecent    9 units

§  Curzon Crescent    7 units

§  Charlton Crescent (site 1)    4 units

§  Charlton Crescent (site 2)    6 units

§  Roycraft Avenue    6 units

§  Alderman Avenue    8 units

(iv)  Authorise the Corporate Director of Customer Services to submit Section 80B applications to the Secretary of State for any sites not benefiting from NAHP grant assistance where required.