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HRA Land Disposal (Affordable Housing) - Victoria Way Update

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Decision Maker: Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel

Decision status: Decision Made

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

Members received a report which presented the Executive Member with details of the site boundary for a proposed housing development at Victoria Way/Monkton Road and requested approval for the disposal of this land to a registered social landlord subject to satisfactory planning permission being obtained.

The 11 September 2006 meeting of Housing and Adult Social Services EMAP approved the recommendations contained in the report ‘Proposed disposal of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) land for affordable housing development’. The report gave details of two sites – Victoria Way, and 5^th Avenue that were proposed to be developed for affordable homes. Plans showing the boundaries of the sites were attached to the report. For one of these sites, Victoria Way, further investigative work had shown that the site boundary needed to be slightly larger than that shown on the 11 September EMAP report for the proposed development to be viable. It was therefore considered prudent to seek confirmation of the approval for the long leasehold disposal of this site, with an amended boundary, to a Registered Social Landlord.

Two options were presented to Members for consideration:

Option One: To support the long leasehold disposal of the Victoria Way garage site as amended and shown at Annex One of this report to a housing association subject to the conditions that were approved at the 11 September Housing and Adult Social Services EMAP. This was the recommended option.

Option Two: To withdraw support for the long leasehold disposal of the Victoria Way garage site.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for Housing be advised to approve Option 1 of this report.

Decision of the Executive Member for Housing

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.

REASON: This would allow for a better designed development of housing that fully utilises the land available and does not leave areas of the site open to neglect or anti-social behaviour.

Publication date: 31/10/2006

Date of decision: 30/10/2006

Decided at meeting: 30/10/2006 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel

Effective from: 02/11/2006

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