Issue details
Acquisition of remaining 174 units at Barton Park Phases 2&4 by OCC, directly from the developer.
For the Deputy
Chief Executive – Place, in consultation with the Deputy
Chief Executive – City and Citizen Services; the Cabinet
Member for Housing and Communities; the Cabinet Member for Finance
and Asset Management; the Cabinet Member for Citizen Focused
Services and Council Companies; the Group Finance Director (Section
151 Officer) and the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy
(Monitoring Officer) to enter into a contract with Barton (Oxford)
LLP to acquire the remaining 174 units at Barton Park directly from
the relevant phase developers for Phases 2 and 4 (“the
developer”) at Barton Park as required under the overarching
development agreement with Barton (Oxford) LLP. The acquisition of
the units is to be delivered in up to 32 tranches over a 2-year
construction programme. Details for the properties included in the
development are listed below:
Barton Fields Road (plots 145-149, 315-320, 324-335, 368-371)
Barton Fields Road flat block G (plots 268-280)
Barton Fields Road flat block J (plots 341-351)
Bracken Close (plots 182-183)
Buttercup Walk (plots 235-242)
Dandelion Drive (187, 202-205)
Dandelion Drive flat block F (plots 206-221)
Doves Foot Way (plots 154-157)
Mayweed Lane (plots 358-360, 366-367)
Montford Way (plots 102-107, 115-119)
Nettle Crescent (plots 386-390, 420-422, 430-436)
Poplar Place (plots 188-199)
Ryegrass Gardens (plots 372-383)
Sedge Close (plots 424-425)
Thistle Grove (plot 153)
Willowherb Drive flat block B (plots 71-80)
Willowherb Drive flat block C (plots 81-90)
Willowherb Drive flat block E (plots 128-137)
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Acquiring or disposing of freeholds with a consideration over £750,000 in the context of the medium term financial strategy except for disposals pursuant to right to buy legislation;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Barton & Sandhills;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 31/03/2025
Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt - View reasons
Decision due: Not before 30 Apr 2025 by Deputy Chief Executive – Place
Lead member: Deputy Leader (Statutory), and Cabinet Member for Finance and Asset Management
Lead director: Deputy Chief Executive – Place
Department: Regeneration, Economy & Sustainability
Contact: Nick Kowalski, Affordable Housing Development Manager Email: nkowalski@oxford.gov.uk.
Reason date could change: Confirmed for this meeting
Is the date subject to change: No
Decisions