Purpose

The Council has received an indicative
allocation of £27, 633m of funding towards supporting
initiatives to revenue the burden and use of Temporary
Accommodation

Content

That
 
1. 
Full Council be recommended to agree to the addition
of Chipperfield Road Site to the Capital Programme.
2. 
The submission of the Chipperfield scheme to the
Local Authority Housing Fund 4 programme be approved.
3. 
In principle the acceptance of Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government’s Local Authority Housing
Fund (LAHF) Round 4 funding estimated to be £27.633m, for the
Chipperfield Road scheme as set out in para 4, be approved and the
Assistant Director of Legal Services be authorised to sign and
execute all relevant legal documents arising in connection with the
acceptance of the LAHF grant including any increase in the amount
secured and any ancillary legal documentation thereto.
On the basis of the Council’s request for funding being
approved:
4. 
The addition of Chipperfield Road to the Capital
Programme at a value of £71.417m be approved.  The funding will be met from at least
£27.633m from LAHF (agreement to add further funding if
applicable), and £43.784m from Borrowing.
5. 
The submission and acceptance of any other grants
that become available that either improve the scheme or reduce the
Council’s contribution and resultant borrowing required be
approved.
6. 
The following procurement actions be
approved:
(i) 
In principle proceed to procurement for a
Multi-Disciplinary Design Team, at an estimated cost of £4m
(contained within the total budget envelope for the scheme), with
delegated authority to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property
and Regeneration to agree the detailed procurement strategy;
(ii) 
Delegate authority to the Director of Housing,
Planning, Property and Regeneration to approve award of contract
for the Multi-Disciplinary Design Team, noting this will not be
finalised until LAHF funding is secure and will also be subject to
suitable break clauses at the appropriate RIBA stages;
(iii) 
Subject to securing grant funding and planning
applications, in principle proceed to procurement for the main
Chipperfield Road Works contract at an estimated cost of £59m
(the Works to include the housing development, new gymnastic
centre, ancillary landscaping and other necessary works) with
delegated authority to the Director of Housing, Planning, Property
and Regeneration to agree the detailed procurement strategy;
(iv) 
Note that the delegated authority to the Director of
Housing, Planning, Property and Regeneration set out above is
subject to consultation with the Portfolio Holder, the Assistant
Director Governance & Contracts, the Director of Corporate
Services and the Director of Finance.
7. 
The public consultation of the designs and the
submission of a Planning Application – noting the indicative
timeline in para 4 – be agreed,
8. 
It be noted that the Council will be foregoing an
estimated Capital receipt of circa £5m by developing the
Chipperfield Road site.
9. 
The appropriation for planning purposes of the land
surplus to operational need at the Chipperfield Road site, for the
purposes of Housing, shown edged red in Appendix A to this report
pursuant to section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016
(“HPA”) be authorised.
10. 
Authority be delegated to the Director of Corporate
Services to sign and execute all legal documentation relating to
the appropriation for Planning purposes pursuant to the HPA in
relation to the Chipperfield Road site, and any ancillary legal
documentation arising thereto.
11. 
The cost of the planned appointment of two FTE
Project Managers within the Regeneration team to support the
delivery of the scheme, which is reflected in the total cost of the
scheme, be approved.
12. 
It be noted that this scheme will be progressed
subject to a Secretary of State Direction to either a) hold the
properties outside the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) or b) by
Secretary of State’s Direction to allow the transfer of an
appropriate sum from the General Fund to the HRA as set out in
section 5.