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Wheatsheaf Close - Self Build Project

Meeting: 31/01/2019 - Executive (Item 91)

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Decision:

That:

 

1)        Wokingham Housing Limited or another council-owned Local Housing Company be selected as the development partner for Wheatsheaf Close;

 

2)        the Council transfers the land at Wheatsheaf Close to a council-owned housing company for the purposes of delivering a self-build project on terms to be agreed by the Director of Corporate Services in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing, Adult Social Care and Housing, and the Executive Member for Finance, HR and Corporate Resources;

 

3)        the site, subject to Recommendation 1 above, is appropriated for planning purposes under section 227 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972;

 

4)       the development brief and self-build delivery approach for the site be approved;

 

5)       the transfer of land for the site will be subject to Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL) securing an outline planning consent for the scheme and the necessary Board approvals.

 

Minutes:

The Executive considered a report relating to the proposed development of Wheatsheaf Close as a self-build project.

 

The Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing explained the proposal which would provide the opportunity for the community to get involved with designing and building their own self-build projects.  Wheatsheaf Close was the first of such projects and it was planned to build on 21 plots, 8 of which would be sold on the open market and there would be a design guide for the whole site.

 

In response to a query from Councillor Weeks, Councillor Batth confirmed that the self-build scheme was aimed at younger people who wanted to get onto the housing ladder not people who already owned homes and wanted to build larger houses. 

 

RESOLVED that:

 

1)        Wokingham Housing Limited or another council-owned Local Housing Company be selected as the development partner for Wheatsheaf Close;

 

2)        the Council transfers the land at Wheatsheaf Close to a council-owned housing company for the purposes of delivering a self-build project on terms to be agreed by the Director of Corporate Services in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing, Adult Social Care and Housing, and the Executive Member for Finance, HR and Corporate Resources;

 

3)        the site, subject to Recommendation 1 above, is appropriated for planning purposes under section 227 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972;

 

4)       the development brief and self-build delivery approach for the site be approved;

 

5)       the transfer of land for the site will be subject to Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL) securing an outline planning consent for the scheme and the necessary Board approvals.