Purpose

Cabinet will be asked to approve the Havering
& Wates Joint Venture Business Plan update

Decision

Report Title: Havering Wates Regeneration
Joint Venture Business Plan
 
Presented by:
Councillor Graham Williamson, Cabinet Member for Development and
Regeneration
 
Cabinet:
 
1.        
Approved the Havering/Wates JV LLP Business Plan for
2026/27
 
2.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and
Regeneration, to enter into Pre-Construction Services Agreements
(PCSAs), where appropriate, for relevant regeneration schemes once
the necessary land, funding and planning requirements are in place.
This will enable design development, surveys and contractor pricing
to progress within approved budgets ahead of subsequent main
contract awards
 
3.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and
Regeneration, to enter an overarching framework contract to
facilitate early contractual arrangements necessary to support
programme delivery.
 
4.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and
Regeneration, to enter a demolition contract for Phase 1 of the
Farnham and Hilldene regeneration,
where appropriate, within the approved budget and subject to
completion of land assembly.
 
5.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Strategic Director of Resources and Cabinet
Member for Development & Regeneration, to progress any land
appropriation required to support delivery of the regeneration
programme, including appropriation between the Housing Revenue
Account and the General Fund for planning purposes, where
appropriate. This delegation builds on prior Cabinet authority for
land appropriation under the Havering and Wates Regeneration LLP
Business Plan (Cabinet 12 February 2020 and Cabinet 8 February
2023).
 
6.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Deputy Director of Legal Services, Strategic
Director of Resources and Cabinet Member for Development &
Regeneration, to agree terms and acquire all outstanding property
interests required for the scheme, including progression of the
proposed land swap with St Andrew’s Church Hall as set out in
paragraph 2.3. This authority extends to acquisition by private
treaty or, where necessary, through the approved Compulsory
Purchase Order, and to taking all legal and procedural steps needed
to secure vacant possession.
 
7.        
Delegated authority to the Strategic Director of Place, in
consultation with the Strategic Director of Resources and Cabinet
Member for Development & Regeneration, to prepare, submit,
accept, and utilise external grant-funding bids, and to enter into
any related funding or forward-funding agreements required to
support delivery of the Havering and Wates Regeneration LLP
programme and the wider 12 Sites regeneration programme, provided
such agreements remain within previously approved budgets.
 
8.        
Noted the updated viability assessments and financial
implications set out within the Havering and Wates Regeneration LLP
Business Plan 2026/27, and delegate authority to the Strategic
Director of Place, in consultation with the Strategic Director of
Resources, to make adjustments within approved Cabinet budgets as
required to maintain programme viability, with any material
variances brought back to Cabinet for consideration.
 
9.        
Noted that work on the later phases (i.e. beyond Work
Package 2) is currently paused and likely to remain so over the
next 12 months, as referenced in Paragraph 4 of this report