Issue - meetings

That:

1)        Wokingham Housing Limited, the Council owned Local Housing Company, (or a subsidiary of WHL) be selected as the development partner for affordable housing schemes at the following sites:

·         Land  adjacent to 52 Elizabeth Road, Wokingham;

·         Land adjacent to 86 Emmbrook Road, Wokingham;

·         Land adjacent to 9 Middlefields, Twyford;

·         Land between 68 and 69 Orchard Estate, Twyford; and

·         Land between 24 and 25 Gorrick Square, Wokingham.

2)        the Council transfers the above sites to Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL), or a subsidiary of WHL, on terms to be agreed by the Director of Finance and Resources in consultation with the Leader of the Council;

3)        the sites subject to Recommendation 1 above are 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 proposed funding modl be approved, including the allocation of up to £3,054,123 Section 106 receipts for the provision of affordable housing towards these sites in accordance with the Part 2 Report;

5)        the development brief for these sites be approved, including the proposed tenure mix;

6)       the transfer of land and funding for the Emmbrook Road, Middlefields, Orchard Estate and Gorrick Square developments will be subject to WHL securing a planning consent for the schemes;

7)       the transfer of land and funding for the Elizabeth Road development to WHL will be subject to attracting grant funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

The Executive considered a report setting out proposals to select Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL) as the development partner for housing schemes at five Housing Revenue Account (HRA) sites.

Following a query by the Leader of Council it was confirmed, as set out in recommendation 6, that the transfer of the land and funding would be subject to WHL securing planning consent for the associated schemes.  The purpose of the report was to enable WHL to take the proposal to the next stage. However if WHL subsequently felt the project was not appropriate or viable then building on the land would not go ahead.

RESOLVED That:

1)        Wokingham Housing Limited, the Council owned Local Housing Company, (or a subsidiary of WHL), be selected as the development partner for affordable housing schemes at the following sites:

·         Land  adjacent to 52 Elizabeth Road, Wokingham;

·         Land adjacent to 86 Emmbrook Road, Wokingham;

·         Land adjacent to 9 Middlefields, Twyford;

·         Land between 68 and 69 Orchard Estate, Twyford; and

·         Land between 24 and 25 Gorrick Square, Wokingham.

2)        Council transfers the above sites to Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL), or a subsidiary of WHL, on terms to be agreed by the Director of Finance and Resources in consultation with the Leader of the Council;

3)        the sites subject to Recommendation 1 above are 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 proposed funding mode be approved, including the allocation of up to £3,054,123 Section 106 receipts for the provision of affordable housing towards these sites in accordance with Part 2 Report;

5)        the development brief for these sites be approved, including the proposed tenure mix;

6)       the transfer of land and funding for the Emmbrook Road, Middlefields, Orchard Estate and Gorrick Square developments will be subject to WHL securing a planning consent for the schemes.

7)       the transfer of land and funding for the Elizabeth Road development to WHL will be subject to attracting grant funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).