Agenda item

To consider a report from the Director of Housing and Communities presenting an update on the work carried out by the Housing Delivery Programme to date and which seeks to support to continue this work to deliver additional affordable housing sites and develop an ongoing pipeline of new build housing sites.

Resolved (unanimously):

 

That Executive

 

a)    Approves the award of the construction contract for the

development of Ordnance Lane to the successful bidder and

delegates authority to the Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with the Director of Governance) to enter into the contract once finalised.

 

b)    Recommends to Full Council a construction and delivery

budget totalling £37.9m which includes HRA borrowing

totalling up to £13.0m.

 

c)     Hospital Fields Road site is appropriated from the General

Fund into the HRA for £1.85m as per independent RICS

valuation.

 

d)    Agrees to the application to Homes England for funding to

deliver the Shared Ownership properties on Ordnance Lane

and accepts, if successful, and delegates authority to the

Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with

the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to

enter into any resulting grant funding agreements.

 

e)    Agrees the proposed tenure mix of 100% affordable housing

split between 50 Social Rent homes and 51 Shared Ownership homes on Ordnance Lane.

 

f)      Agrees to utilise the existing project budget to procure a

contractor to operate under a Pre-Contract Services Agreement to collaboratively design Willow House to RIBA 4 and price the design to enable a full business case in respect of the development at Willow House to be presented to Executive for approval and delegates authority to the Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to take such steps as are necessary to procure, award and enter into the resulting pre-contract services agreement.

 

g)    Agrees to the procurement of an enabling contractor for

Willow House to prepare the site for development utilising

YNYCA Brownfield Funding to deliver this work and to

delegate authority to the Director of Housing and

Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance

Officer and the Director of Governance) to take such steps

as are necessary to procure, award and enter into the

resulting contract.

 

h)    Agrees to the procurement of a contractor to work

collaboratively to design Lowfield A to RIBA 4 and price this

design to enable a full business case to be presented to the

Executive for approval and to delegate authority to the

Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with

the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to

take such steps as are necessary to procure, award and

enter into the resulting design contract.

 

i)     Agrees to the procurement of a multidisciplinary design team

to lead the design work on the Former Manor School site

and delegates authority to the Director of Housing and

Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance

and the Director of Governance) to take such steps as are

necessary to procure, award and enter into the resulting

contract.

 

j)      Pending successful bid for YNYCA Brownfield Fund, agrees

to the development of designs and submission of a

planning application on the Former Manor School site.

 

k)     Delegates authority for the future allocation of

Neighbourhood Improvement Programme (NIP) funding to

the Director of Housing and Communities in consultation

with Executive Member for Housing, Planning and

Community Safety to support projects such as those

outlined in Walmgate Improvement Proposals. The HDP

will support the creation of good quality spaces whilst the

NIP will improve existing spaces through targeted

investment.

 

l)      Agrees the revised red line boundary for the Willow House

development as shown in Annex B.

 

Reason: To ensure the continuation of a manageable pipeline of

sites to deliver the Housing Delivery Programme whilst making

best use of CYC assets to deliver capital receipts and social

benefits.

The Director of Housing and Communities submitted a report which presented an update on the work carried out by the Housing Delivery Programme to date and which seeks to continue this work to deliver additional affordable housing sites and develop an ongoing pipeline of new build housing sites.

 

The following information was appended to the report:

 

-       Ordnance Lane Business Case (exempt from publication)

-       Willow House Red line Plan

-       Draft Walmgate Improvement Proposals

-       Ordnance Lane Red line Plan

-       Lowfield A Red line Plan

-       Former Manor School Site Red line plan

-       Askham Bar Red line Plan

-       Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA).

 

The following officers attended for this item:

 

-       Pauline Stuchfield, Director of Housing and Communities

-       Sophie Round, Housing Delivery Programme Manager.

 

The Executive Member thanked the housing delivery team for the considerable amount of work that had been undertaken in relation to housing development. Members and officers particularly thanked Sophie Round, Housing Delivery Programme Manager, who it was noted was shortly leaving the Council to take up a new role.

 

There was a brief discussion about the challenges associated with delivery of 100% affordable housing, which involved redesign work to ensure viable schemes that saved money for residents, particularly in terms of energy bills.

 

Resolved (unanimously):

 

That Executive

 

a)    Approves the award of the construction contract for the

development of Ordnance Lane to the successful bidder and

delegates authority to the Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with the Director of Governance) to enter into the contract once finalised.

 

b)    Recommends to Full Council a construction and delivery

budget totalling £37.9m which includes HRA borrowing

totalling up to £13.0m.

 

c)     Hospital Fields Road site is appropriated from the General

Fund into the HRA for £1.85m as per independent RICS

valuation.

 

d)    Agrees to the application to Homes England for funding to

deliver the Shared Ownership properties on Ordnance Lane

and accepts, if successful, and delegates authority to the

Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with

the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to

enter into any resulting grant funding agreements.

 

e)    Agrees the proposed tenure mix of 100% affordable housing

split between 50 Social Rent homes and 51 Shared Ownership homes on Ordnance Lane.

 

f)      Agrees to utilise the existing project budget to procure a

contractor to operate under a Pre-Contract Services Agreement to collaboratively design Willow House to RIBA 4 and price the design to enable a full business case in respect of the development at Willow House to be presented to Executive for approval and delegates authority to the Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to take such steps as are necessary to procure, award and enter into the resulting pre-contract services agreement.

 

g)    Agrees to the procurement of an enabling contractor for

Willow House to prepare the site for development utilising

YNYCA Brownfield Funding to deliver this work and to

delegate authority to the Director of Housing and

Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance

Officer and the Director of Governance) to take such steps

as are necessary to procure, award and enter into the

resulting contract.

 

h)    Agrees to the procurement of a contractor to work

collaboratively to design Lowfield A to RIBA 4 and price this

design to enable a full business case to be presented to the

Executive for approval and to delegate authority to the

Director of Housing and Communities (in consultation with

the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance) to

take such steps as are necessary to procure, award and

enter into the resulting design contract.

 

i)     Agrees to the procurement of a multidisciplinary design team

to lead the design work on the Former Manor School site

and delegates authority to the Director of Housing and

Communities (in consultation with the Director of Finance

and the Director of Governance) to take such steps as are

necessary to procure, award and enter into the resulting

contract.

 

j)      Pending successful bid for YNYCA Brownfield Fund, agrees

to the development of designs and submission of a

planning application on the Former Manor School site.

 

k)     Delegates authority for the future allocation of

Neighbourhood Improvement Programme (NIP) funding to

the Director of Housing and Communities in consultation

with Executive Member for Housing, Planning and

Community Safety to support projects such as those

outlined in Walmgate Improvement Proposals. The HDP

will support the creation of good quality spaces whilst the

NIP will improve existing spaces through targeted

investment.

 

l)      Agrees the revised red line boundary for the Willow House

development as shown in Annex B.

 

Reason: To ensure the continuation of a manageable pipeline of

sites to deliver the Housing Delivery Programme whilst making

best use of CYC assets to deliver capital receipts and social

benefits.