Issue - meetings

Councillor Harvey

To consider a report on proposals for developing the site at Churchill Hall.

It may be necessary to exclude the press and public during consideration of this item due to the fact that Appendix 2 to the reportcontains exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006, Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because divulging the information contained in the appendix to the public prior to the development of the site would be likely to give an advantage to a person entering into or seeking to enter in a contract with the Authority for the redevelopment.

Cabinet considered a report on the redevelopment of Churchill Hall.

Alternative options considered and rejected by the Cabinet:

·         Redevelopment for residential (private rented);

·         Refurbishment for residential purposes;

·         Re-let for community use.

Resolved to:

1.    agree the demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site for residential development;

2.    agree the proposed capital provision of £0.7m for the redevelopment of the site (including contingencies) over the period March 2017 – 2019;

3.    give delegated authority to the Group Head of Regeneration and Growth (in consultation with the Leader as Cabinet Member for Strategic Assets) to agree the actual spend of the budget and to deal with any minor variations (with the agreement of the Deputy Chief Executive responsible for Finance as required);

4.    give delegated authority to the Group Head of Regeneration and Growth (in consultation with the Leader as Cabinet Member for Strategic Assets) to agree any subsequent minor amendments to the proposals as a result of results of surveys, advice from the Local Planning Authority or other responses.

Reason for decision

This is a cross cutting development which will help the Council deliver on three of its key priorities:

1.    Housing (developing an existing site for housing);

2.    Financial sustainability (use existing assets to obtain ongoing, sustainable revenue streams and capital appreciation);

3.    Economic Development (using assets to stimulate the local economy).