Decision Maker: Strategy and Resources Policy Committee

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: June 16, 2025

Purpose: To provide an update on the pipeline of housing development sites for allocation to Goram Homes, the council’s wholly owned housing company, and to seek approval for changes to the pipeline.

Content: That the Committee for Strategy and Resources:   1. Approved the Goram Homes Pipeline Review 2025-26 Report, including the removal of the Dovercourt Gas Works site, and the inclusion of Plot 5, Bedminster Green in the pipeline.   2. Approved delegation to the Executive Director, Growth & Regeneration, in consultation with the Executive Director for Housing, the Chair of the Strategy and Resources Policy Committee, and the Director of Finance, to add or delete sites from the pipeline of housing development sites, where appropriate.   3. Noted the update on the current status of each site previously approved for allocation to the Goram Homes pipeline, as set out in Appendix A1.   4. Noted that the disposal of sites referred to in Appendix A1 as Baltic Wharf, Car Park adjacent to SS Great Britain, A and B Bond, The Grove Car Park and Western Harbour will be subject to agreement by the Harbour Authority.