Purpose

For Cabinet to endorse the proposal to deliver
the Willesden Green Health and Wellbeing Integrated Hub at
Gladstone Park, note the estimated scheme costs and agree the
required SCIL funding to enable delivery of new community and
social infrastructure. In addition, to delegate authority to the
Corporate Director Neighbourhoods and Regeneration, in consultation
with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning and Property, to
agree terms and enter contract(s) as required to enable project
delivery.

Content

Prior to considering the report, Cabinet noted
the representations and comments made by Dr Muhammed Najim (as a
lead GP located within the Willesden Green surgery and NHS
Brent’s Clinical Director for Health Inequalities) supported
by Tom Shakespeare (Managing Director Brent Integrated Care Board)
speaking in support of the proposals outlined within the report to
develop a Health and Wellbeing Integrated Hub on the Gladstone Park
Youth and Community Centre site, which would deliver modern primary
health services alongside a range of community amenities and
wellbeing spaces for some of Brent’s most deprived
communities within a modern, sustainable building. In thanking the
Council for their support, the opportunity was also taken to
outline the engagement with local community groups in seeking to
develop the scheme in partnership with the NHS and in line with the
transition towards an Integrated Neighbourhood model with the Hub
becoming a flagship centre for health and wellbeing and centre for
green excellence.
 
Having welcomed the support expressed and
process of engagement led by the Willesden Green GP surgery in
developing the Integrated Hub proposals Cabinet RESOLVED
to:
 
(1)      
Approve the allocation of up to £2.97m Strategic Community
Infrastructure Levy (SCIL) funding to support the redevelopment of
the Gladstone Park Youth and Community Centre site into the
Willesden Green Health and Wellbeing Integrated Hub, as set out in
section 3.14 (Option 1) of the report, subject to the conditions in
(2) below.
 
(2)      
Approve the release of SCIL funding in staged payments, aligned to
delivery milestones and contingent upon:

·           
Planning consent being granted;

·           
Confirmation of the full external funding; and

·           
Completion of the agreement to lease with Willesden Green
Surgery.
 
(3)      
Approve the granting a 150-year peppercorn lease to Willesden Green
Surgery to enable delivery of the Hub, with the Council retaining
the freehold and securing lease clauses to protect health and
community uses in perpetuity.
 
(4)      
Authorise the Director of Property and Assets to agree the detailed
terms of the agreement to lease and long lease disposal and to
enter into the necessary legal agreements to facilitate the
disposal and development and to take all necessary steps to
complete the transaction.
 
(5)      
Note the intentions to relocate Kilburn Cosmos Rugby Football Club
(KCRFC) from the Gladstone Park Youth & Community Centre to the
Gladstone Park Pavilion to secure suitable alternative premises for
KCRFC and full vacant possession of the site to enable on-site
delivery.
 
(6)      
Note that Willesden Green Health and Wellbeing Integrated Hub would
be a temporary working name for the new facility. The permanent
name would be determined following discussions with key
stakeholders, to reflect the hub’s location within the
Cricklewood and Mapesbury ward and to ensure the name was
appropriate and inclusive.

 
Eligible for call-in: Yes
 
Deadline for submission of
call-in: 6pm on Monday 24 November 25