Decision Session - Executive Member for Housing and Safer Neighbourhoods
Set out below is a summary of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Decision Session Executive Member for Housing and Safer Neighbourhoods held on Thursday, 15 April 2021. The wording used does not necessarily reflect the actual wording that will appear in the minutes.
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4. Disposal of a parcel of land between Fossway and Sturdee Grove to enable the delivery of new affordable homes
Resolved:
i. That the disposal of the land between Fossway and Sturdee Grove for a sum of £50,000 to Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) for the development of affordable housing, be approved. The disposal be subject to JRHT obtaining planning permission, finalising legal terms (including incorporating agreed environmental standards as an obligation) and delivering a new boundary fence and communal space to the rear of the council flats on Fossway.
ii. That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Place to agree the final terms of the legal agreement.
Reason: To make better use of our assets and support the delivery of much needed new affordable housing in York.