Decision details

To approve the Phase 2b Allocation Policy and the making of an application to the Secretary of State for the disposal and development of Phase 2b for the purpose of Ground 10A of Schedule 2. These approvals could not be sought in the April 2013 report due to the consultation period required with effect secure tenants. The report also seeks approval to appoint a full architectural design team procured off the HCA multi disciplinary framework to secure planning consent for a residential scheme at Gloucester House and Durham Court.

(i) that a contract for a full architectural design team be awarded to Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios LLP from the Homes and Communities Agency’s Multidisciplinary Panel Framework to lead the design team through to full planning application (RIBA Stage D+) for the redevelopment of Gloucester House and Durham Court in South Kilburn (being part of 'Phase 2b').

(ii) that, having noted the responses to the consultation, as set out in Appendix 6 to the report from the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects, in connection with seeking approval of the Secretary of State for use in seeking possession of properties in Phase 2b under Ground 10A of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985, authority be delegated to the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to seek the Secretary of State’s consent pursuant to Part V of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985 to the disposal and development of Phase 2b for the purpose of Ground 10A of Schedule 2 to be used to obtain possession of dwellings occupied by Secure Tenants in Phase 2b, South Kilburn.

(iii) that, having noted the responses to the consultation as set out in Appendix 6 to the report, in connection with the intention to make a Compulsory Purchase Order on properties in Phase 2b currently occupied by secure tenants and in connection with the draft Allocation Policy for secure tenants with homes in Phase 2b, the adoption of the Allocation Policy which will apply to all Secure Tenants with homes in Phase 2b and which includes the proposal to make a CPO on properties in Phase 2b currently occupied by secure tenants as well as seeking possession of properties in Phase 2b, be approved, subject to the Secretary of State’s consent, under Ground 10A of Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1985. This policy sets out the basis on which replacement homes would be allocated to Secure Tenants currently occupying homes in Phase 2b and the legal means to be adopted for seeking possession of dwellings occupied by Secure Tenants in Phase 2b through the use of Ground 10A of the Housing Act 1985 (if approval is given by the Secretary of State) and compulsory purchase powers under section 226(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.