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Southsea Community Centre - Provision of Housing

Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Cabinet Member for Housing (Item 3)

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The report by the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services seeks approval from the Cabinet Member for Housing to engage the Regeneration team to deliver a new development of 23 flats on the site of the former Southsea community centre site.

 

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Housing:

 

(1)  approves  the following Capital Expenditure amounting to £4m, delivering a new build of fourteen, 2 bed flats; five,1 bed flats; three,1 bed mobility flat and one, 2 bed mobility flat, totalling 23 flats to be retained within the HRA.

 

(2)  delegates authority to the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services in consultation with the Director of Finance & S151 Officer to amend the spending profile and funding model of the proposed scheme whilst ensuring that the schemes remain financially viable following any necessary changes.

 

(3)  delegates the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building to approve any application for any grant funding to support the scheme.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Housing:

 

(1)       approved  the following Capital Expenditure amounting to £4m, delivering a new build of fourteen, 2 bed flats; five,1 bed flats; three,1 bed mobility flat and one, 2 bed mobility flat, totalling 23 flats to be retained within the HRA.

 

(2)       delegated authority to the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services in consultation with the Director of Finance & S151 Officer to amend the spending profile and funding model of the proposed scheme whilst ensuring that the schemes remain financially viable following any necessary changes.

 

(3)       delegated the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building to approve any application for any grant funding to support the scheme.

Minutes:

Jo Bennett, Head of Business Relationships, Growth and Support presented the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services' report. She stressed that no one would be asked to move into property they could not afford and that the preference was to use this as temporary accommodation which would move people out of Bed & Breakfast accommodation. Wayne Layton, Finance Manager, explained that different options had been considered covering different types of rent, and that the preferred option with less reliance on B&Bs generated a positive net present value of £3.8m in savings to the General Fund. (The Council will receive income from rents for these properties which will generate a £370,000 positive net present value for the Housing Revenue account over 30 years.)

 

Residents Consortium/CLG representatives Maria Cole and Adrian Blackwood were supportive of this redevelopment.

 

Councillor Coles (as the Labour Spokesperson for Housing) also supported the new housing and the reduced reliance on B&B accommodation.  He asked if there was parking provision - it was reported that there was not but there was planning consent in place from 2015.

 

Councillor Sanders read out the comments submitted by Councillor Stubbs (as Conservative Spokesperson for Housing) which questioned the cost of the scheme, believing the cost per unit to be expensive when compared to properties on the open market, although he supported the principle of the scheme.  In response Jo Bennett confirmed that the PCC Quantity Surveyors had checked the values and she would report back to the 3 Housing Members on the outcome of the tender and she would also provide them with a breakdown of the costs.

 

Councillor Sanders was delighted by these positive proposals for a derelict site, which when built would help to tackle the issue of temporary accommodation.

 

DECISIONS: The Cabinet Member for Housing:

 

(1)       approved  the following Capital Expenditure amounting to £4m, delivering a new build of fourteen, 2 bed flats; five,1 bed flats; three,1 bed mobility flat and one, 2 bed mobility flat, totalling 23 flats to be retained within the HRA.

 

(2)       delegated authority to the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building Services in consultation with the Director of Finance & S151 Officer to amend the spending profile and funding model of the proposed scheme whilst ensuring that the schemes remain financially viable following any necessary changes.

 

(3)       delegated the Director of Housing, Neighbourhood and Building to approve any application for any grant funding to support the scheme.