Agenda item

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that approval be granted ‘in principle’ for the direct development of the Council owned site off St Michael’s Avenue, Monk Bretton by the Council.  The site will provide 35 residential units with a mixture of open market sale, Council rented and market rented properties;

(ii)       that final scheme approval and responsibility for the appointment of suitably qualified contracts be delegated to the Executive Director Place, following consultation with the Executive Director Core Services.  A final decision regarding the progression of the development will be made following a full financial appraisal at tender evaluation stage;

(iii)      that approval be granted to appropriate the 16 Council rented units into the Housing Revenue Account, which will be managed by Berneslai Homes; and

(iv)      that approval be granted to appropriate the 6 market rented units to Berneslai Homes Ltd (‘The Company’), which will be held separately from the Housing Revenue Account and let at an affordable market rent.