Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 108 (9 March 2016), the Cabinet Member for Finance, Growth and Investment introduced a report relating to the appropriation and disposal of open space adjacent to Gurdwara Way, Barking for the construction of 44 starter affordable homes by Pocket Living.

The Cabinet Member commented that the scheme represented another example of the Council’s commitment to providing a good mix of tenures and the project would encourage and support first-time buyers under the age of 40 in getting on the property ladder.  

In noting details of the project, Cabinet Members were particularly pleased with the inclusion of defined eligibility criteria that gave priority to key worker categories as a means of maximising local benefit.

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.