On 22
March 2022, Cabinet:-
(i) Approved the FBC
attached to the report as Appendix A for the Scheme, and delegated any changes
to the FBC for the Scheme financial expenditure of up to 10% to the Strategic
Director of Place, Prosperity and Sustainability;
(ii) approved the
procurement strategy and commencement of the procurement activity for the
housing development and associated works for the Scheme using the Homes England
Delivery Partner Dynamic Procurement System Agreement;
(iii) delegated the approval of the contract
award for the Scheme to the Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity and
Sustainability in conjunction with the Interim Assistant Director of Procurement
(or their delegate), the Director of Council Management (or their delegate) and
the Acting City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) subject
to the costs being within the FBC approval in accordance with paragraph 2.1;
(iv) authorised the Director of Planning,
Transport & Sustainability and Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity and
Sustainability to seek consent from the Secretary of State under Section 174 of
Localism Act 2011, to exclude the new council properties developed through the
Scheme from the Right to Buy pooling requirements, and to ensure that any capital
receipts generated from any future sale of homes under the Right to Buy are
retained by the Council for reinvestment in future housing delivery;
(v) authorised the Assistant Director of
Transport and Connectivity to grant technical approval of the Scheme highways
proposals and progress the preferred option to detailed design, which will be
the responsibility of the appointed Contractor;
(vi) authorised the Director of Planning,
Transport & Sustainability and Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity and
Sustainability to submit and process all necessary highway closures and notices
required to facilitate the Scheme highlighted in the FBC and to enter into any appropriate
agreements for the creation, improvement and alterations to highway access to
the sites;
(vii) delegated to the Director of Planning,
Transport & Sustainability and Strategic Director of Place, Prosperity and
Sustainability the power to amend or vary the development boundaries by up to
10% for the Scheme;
(viii) delegated authority to the Director of
Planning, Transport & Sustainability and Strategic Director of Place,
Prosperity and Sustainability, to submit funding applications to Homes England
(HE), West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), the Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), any other funding agency to
facilitate the Scheme development where required;
(ix) authorised the Acting City Solicitor &
Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to take all steps necessary for the
preparation of any documents, to negotiate, execute and complete all the
required documentation to give effect to the above recommendations.
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