Purpose

To seek approval to apply for Homes England
funding to implement the accelerated cladding remediation
programme.

Content

The Committee RESOLVED (unanimously)
to:

Note the CSS Support Review carried
out in October 2024 and the Report on Findings.
Note the work completed to date by
Turner & Townsend, funded by Homes England, to develop a
toolkit to accelerate Bristol City Council’s Cladding
Remediation Programme to try to meet central government
timescales
Note that Homes England has set
aside grant funding circa £5M to forward fund the delivery of
the Cladding Remediation Programme and that this funding will pay
for the pilot.
Approve the appointment of Turner
& Townsend to project manage a pilot of 5 blocks to test proof
of concept and to test the emerging Toolkit.
Approve the use Bristol City Council
as the professional client/project manager (Option 2 as set out in
the report).
Authorise the Executive Director of
Housing in consultation with the Chair of the Homes and Housing
Delivery Committee, subject to securing the necessary funding from
Homes England, to take all necessary steps to implement the various
workstreams which will be delivered as part of the toolkit,
including procuring all necessary goods, services and works
contracts, and other agreements, and agreeing terms for any
relevant contract arrangements, funding agreements, notwithstanding
that any if these may (whether by value or otherwise) comprise a
key decision.
Authorise the Executive Director of
Housing in consultation with the S151 Officer, to secure and
utilise funding to support the Cladding Remediation Acceleration
Programme, including authority to agree the terms of any grants
estimated to be in the region of £700k per building.
Agree that one of the pilot
deliverables will be to review funding forecasts to check, via the
pilot, if the allocation of circa £700K per block will cover
all costs and to amend grant applications accordingly.