Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
A report was presented to Cabinet giving an update on our approved affordable housing development programme, which has been previously agreed by full council as part of the approved Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme.
The council has previously committed capital funding of
£8.8m, from the Housing Revenue Account Capital Programme,
for the delivery of Phase 4 of its affordable housing development
programme, spanning the 2020-24 financial years. Phase 4 included
14 property acquisitions (already completed) and 22 new build
homes, which are due to start on site in March 2023. The Capital
Programme approved by Council in February 2022 agreed a further
ongoing annual budget of £8.1m from 2024/25 for the
‘New Build Phase 5’ scheme, funded from
borrowing.
This report seeks approval of the adjustment to the timescales of delivery to spend the already allocated budget and an increased number of new build units from 22 to 47, so that the total number of homes provided in phase 4 will increase to 61. A total of 60% of this funding is through borrowing, with the balance of 40% funding from retained right-to-buy receipts.
Cabinet agreed the following:
1. An increase in the number of homes to be delivered as part of Phase 4 from 36 to 61;
2. That £8.1m for 2024/25 vired from the ‘New Build Phase 5’ capital scheme be transferred to the ‘New Build Phase 4’ scheme, to accommodate the scheme of works set out in this report; and
3. The ‘New Build Phase 4 scheme’ budget for 2024/25 is increased by £0.2m, to be funded from the borrowing allocated to and a corresponding decrease in the ‘New Build Phase 5’ scheme budget for 2025/26.
The programme will ensure the delivery of around 61 new or acquired homes for affordable rent and will commit all of the available funding, including the right-to-buy 1-4-1 receipts allocated to this programme.
Other options considered which were rejected as the delivery of new homes by TDC is important were:
Report author: Ashley Jackson
Publication date: 18/11/2022
Date of decision: 17/11/2022
Decided at meeting: 17/11/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 26/11/2022
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