Decision

Principal Contractor Appointment

That Cabinet:

1.    
Agrees to award the main contract to construct 56
social rented homes and a stand-alone commercial building toARJ
Construction Ltd.
 

2.    
Delegates authority to the Assistant Director (Legal
& Democratic Services) to execute and complete all legal
agreements ancillary to the JCT Design & Build Contract 2016
and/or reasonably required to complete the Project, including (but
not limited to):
 

a.    
all professional appointments;

a.    
collateral warranties; and

b.    
Agreements under
S.38, &
S.278, of the Highways Act 1980;
S.247, Part
III of the Town and Country Planning Act
1990;
S.104 of
the Water Industry Act 1991, and
S.50 of the
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.
 
Land
Appropriation
 
That
Cabinet:
 

3.    
Confirms that Paradise Depot is no longer required
for its current purpose.

4.    
Agrees to delegate authority to the Chief Housing
Officer to apply for consent, pursuant to section 19 Housing Act
1985, to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and
Communities (or equivalent successor title) to appropriate the Site.

5.    
Agrees to delegate authority to
the Chief Housing Officer to take all necessary steps to
appropriate the HRA Land from the Housing Revenue Account for
planning purposes and the garages held within the General Fund
within the Site for planning purposes, pursuant to Section 122 of
the Local Government Act 1972 and Section 227 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990.
 

6.    
Agrees to delegate authority to the Chief Housing
Officer to use the powers to over-ride third party rights under
section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 according to the
principles set out at paragraph 10.15 in this report.
 
Agrees to appropriate the Site at Paradise Depot for planning
purposes for the construction of the new build 56 Council houses as
set out in Part II of the report.