On 25 April 2023, 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 20% to the Strategic Director, Place,
Prosperity & 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 Dynamic Purchasing
System (DPS) Framework 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 Assistant Director of Procurement (or their
delegate), the Strategic Director of Council Management (or their delegate) and
the City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) subject to the
costs being within the FBC approval in accordance with paragraph 2.1 of the
report;
(iv) Authorised the Strategic Director Place,
Prosperity & 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, 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 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 Strategic Director Place,
Prosperity & Sustainability the power to amend or vary the development
boundaries by up to 10% for the Scheme;
(viii) Delegated authority to the Strategic
Director Place, Prosperity & Sustainability to submit funding applications
to Homes England (HE), West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), the Department
for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), European Regional Fund or
any other funding agency and accepted successful applications to facilitate the
Scheme development where required;
(ix) Authorised the City Solicitor and
Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) to take all steps necessary for the
preparation of any documents, to negotiate, execute and complete all necessary
documentation to give effect to the above recommendations.
THE
DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON TUESDAY 2 MAY 2023.
On 27 April 2023 at 1921 hours, a request for call-in was submitted by Councillors Lisa Trickett and David Barker. No action on the decision can be taken until the request for call-in has been considered by the Housing and Neighbourhoods O&S Committee within 15 days of the decision being posted.