Decision details

Before the Committee was a report by the Director for Communities, copies of which had been circulated to all Members and a copy of which is attached to the signed copy of these minutes as Item 9. 

The report provided the Committee with an update on the Housing Revenue Account development programme, in particular, the Cecil Norris House and Albion Street projects.

The report sought approval for the release of the sum of £378,000 from the unallocated capital budget for the Cecil Norris House Development to meet affordable housing needs.

The report also confirmed the final scheme budget for Albion Street and sought approval for the the release of the sum of £2.8 million from the capital budget to meet affordable housing needs.

Members welcomed the report and acknowledged the significant amount of work that had gone in to progressing the projects. 

Decision:  

The Joint Strategic Committee: 

1.    agreed to release further budget for Cecil Norris House of £378,000 to fund the increased costs associated with the Cecil Norris House development which was to be funded from borrowing;

2.    recommended that Adur District Council release a budget of £2.8m to fund the Albion Street development funded by prudential borrowing;

3.    delegated authority to the Director of Communities in consultation with the Executive Member for Customer Services, that if required, to appropriate for planning purposes the Albion Street Land under section 122 of the Local Government Act 1972 and the use of powers under section 203 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, subject to obtaining the necessary Secretary of State consents.

Call In: 

The call-in deadline for decisions 1 and 3 will be 5.00pm on 21 February 2020.

There is no call-in for decision 2 which is a recommendation to Adur District Council.