Decision details
Purchase of 83 Wembley Park Drive for rough sleepers accommodation
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Cabinet to delegate authority to the Strategic
Director of Regeneration and Environment, in conjunction with the
Strategic Director Community Wellbeing, to agree the terms of the
acquisition and enter into contract for the purchase.
Decision:
Cabinet RESOLVED:
(1) To approve the purchase of the freehold of 83 Wembley Park Drive, London HA9 8HE with vacant possession to meet the needs of people who have been sleeping rough and rehoused through the Government’s rough sleeping move-on initiatives.
(2) To delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment, in consultation with the Strategic Director of Community Well Being, to agree the terms of the purchase and acquire the property subject to financial and legal due diligence, vacant possession and to contract.
(3) To note that completion of the property needs to take place by March 2021 in order to secure the funding arrangements and an extension was not guaranteed.
Reason Key: Signficant expenditure/savings of £500k or more;
Wards Affected: Preston;
Contact: Denish Patel, Property and Projects Email: denish.patel@brent.gov.uk Tel: 020 8937 2529.
Report author: Denish Patel
Publication date: 08/03/2021
Date of decision: 08/03/2021
Decided at meeting: 08/03/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 16/03/2021
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