Purpose

Purchase 42 new homes from the
Laughton Gate housing development in Throapham, which are Section 106 planning gain
units.
 
Up to 40% of the cost to be
funded by Right to Buy ‘1-4-1’ receipts, with the exact
proportion to be determined by Corporate Finance on an annual
basis.

Decision

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

22 June 2022
 

Title:

Strategic acquisition of 42 new
homes from the Laughton Gate development in Throapham
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Paul Walsh, Acting Assistant
Director for Housing
 

Details of Specific Cabinet
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

Enaction of recommendation 1
from the Housing Strategic Acquisitions Report, approved by Cabinet
20 June 2022:
 
“1. That Cabinet agrees
to purchase the homes identified in Exempt Appendix 1, subject to
Ward Member consultation being carried out, and agreement by the
Assistant Director for Housing, Cabinet Member for Housing and
Section 151 Officer. This is subject to the budget parameters as
set out in the Council’s approved Capital
Programme.”
 
and further to approval of the
subsequent Full Business Case – Strategic Acquisition of New
Homes at Laughton Gate, Oldcotes Road,
Throapham, approved 22 June 2022 in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing.
 

Decision:

Approval to
enter
into contract
with Harron Homes to purchase 42 new
homes from the Laughton Gate development in Throapham– identified in Appendix 1 to the
June 2022 Cabinet report.
 
The Council will
purchase:
·      
Twenty-four (24), two-bedroom
houses
·      
Eighteen (18), three-bedroom house
 
The homes will
be brought into the Council’s existing housing stock and made
available to applicants from the Housing
Register.
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

The decision has been taken
in-line with the Cabinet approval, to ensure that the Council can
continue to deliver new council homes to meet residents’
needs.
 
The financial detail of the
acquisitions is set out within the capital business case. It is not
included within the decision record on the basis that it is
commercially sensitive. This is in-line with the over-arching
Cabinet report exemption.
 

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

The June 2022 Cabinet report
considered deferring the acquisitions into a later Cabinet report,
but this was not recommended as it may have resulted in one or more
of the opportunities being missed.
 

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

None declared.

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of
reports considered

Report of the Strategic
Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health – Housing
Strategic Acquisitions.
 
Full business case –
Strategic Acquisition of New Homes at Laughton Gate, Oldcotes Road, Throapham.
 

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
….
 
Enter
into contract with Harron Homes to purchase 42 new homes from the
Laughton Gate development in Throapham.
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
 
Dated:         
22/06/2022

 
Name:         
Paul Walsh  
         
 
Job
Title:    Acting Assistant Director of Housing
(June 2022)