Decision details

Executive Board is requested to:

i)  Note the contents of the report; and

ii) Approve the recommended offers.

The Director of City Development submitted a report presenting the outcomes from a marketing exercise undertaken in respect of five Council owned sites. The report detailed the range of offers received, invited the Board to consider those offers and made recommendations in respect of progressing the matter.

Members welcomed the proposals detailed within the submitted report, including those to help deliver extra care housing. Also, responding to a Member’s comment, it was undertaken that consideration would be given to alternative ways in which brownfield sites could potentially be marketed in the future.

Following consideration of Appendix 2 to the submitted report, designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4(3), which was considered in private at the conclusion of the meeting, it was

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the contents of the submitted report be noted;

(b)  That the recommended offers, as contained within exempt appendix 2 to the submitted report, be approved;

(c)  That the Director of City Development, in consultation with the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning, be requested to progress the scheme proposals and the disposal of the Council sites, as set out within the submitted report;

(d)  That a further report be submitted to the Executive Board outlining the Council’s strategy to facilitate and support the delivery of housing with care.

Housing Growth Elected Members Steering Group

Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning

Executive Member for Communities

Ward Members

Director of City Development and Environment & Housing