Issue details

Issue details

Bertie Place Affordable Housing Scheme

 

 

Cabinet, on 9 August 2023, resolved to:

2.      Subject to the completion of the statutory procedure to appropriate the land at Site A and the subsequent decision of the Cabinet to appropriate the land, to:

(a)      Grant project approval for the build and acquisition of affordable homes developed by OCHL for which budgetary provision has been made in the Council’s Housing Revenue Account in respect of Bertie Place; and

(b)      Delegate authority to the Head of Housing in consultation with the Head of Law and Governance and the Head of Financial Services / S151 Officer to enter into a Development Agreement with OCHL to facilitate the development, secure the purchase of the completed affordable homes, to be held in the HRA, and to enter into any related agreements and contracts to facilitate the development within this project approval and budget for Bertie Place.  Acquisition costs are specified within the confidential appendix.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Acquisition or disposal of a freehold or leasehold valued over £500,000;

Decision status: For Determination

Wards affected: Hinksey Park;

Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/07/2023

Decision due: 12 Jun 2024 by Cabinet

Decision due: 15 Jul 2024 by Council

Decision due: Before 31 Dec 2024 by Head of Housing Services

Considered on: 2 Oct 2023 by Council

Lead member: Cabinet Member for Housing, Deputy Leader (Statutory) - Finance and Asset Management

Lead director:

Contact: Dave Scholes, Affordable Housing Supply Corporate Lead Email: dscholes@oxford.gov.uk Tel: 01865 252636.

Reason date could change: Confirmed for this meeting

Is the date subject to change: No

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