Issue - meetings

The Council has secured GLA Housing Zone designations for Wembley and Alperton which will help to accelerate the delivery of hundreds of new homes and bring forward regeneration in these areas.  On 15 September 2014, Cabinet gave approval for the Council to submit bids to the GLA for Alperton and Wembley to become Housing Zones and agreed for a further report to be brought to Cabinet on the required funding arrangements between the Council and the GLA and any associated matters requiring approval.

(i)         that approve be given in principle to entering into contract with the Greater London Authority to receive Housing Zone grant funding to assist with delivery of the Housing Zone objectives in Alperton (£13.9million) and Wembley (£8 million) with approval of the terms of such funding contracts to be delegated to the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Growth in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer;

(ii)        that approval in principle be given to taking steps to make use for development of retained land along the Wembley High Road frontage at Ark Elvin Academy through the Wembley Housing Zone, subject to receiving section 77 approval from the Secretary of State for Education and subject to meeting agreed costs  in the fit out of the new academy;

(iii)       that the intention to make use of the Mayor’s London Development Panel to develop the retained land at Ark Elvin Academy and to form a development partnership for the Wembley Housing Zone be noted;

(iv)       that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Growth in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer to take steps to dispose of the retained land at Ark Elvin Academy.  The final decision on the disposal of the land will be subject to a final decision remaining with Cabinet;

(v)        that approval in principle be given to make Compulsory Purchase Orders of land interests within the Housing Zones under Planning, Housing and Highways legislation to bring forward the development objectives, subject to a further specific resolution of Cabinet in respect of the making of each order.

Councillor McLennan was pleased to report that the Council had secured GLA Housing Zone designations for Wembley and Alperton which would help to accelerate the delivery of hundreds of new homes and bring forward regeneration in these areas.  Cabinet noted that on 15 September 2014, approval had been given for the Council to submit bids to the GLA for Alperton and Wembley to become Housing Zones and agreed for a further report to be brought to Cabinet on the required funding arrangements between the Council and the GLA and any associated matters requiring approval.

It was noted that the Housing Zone designations would be used to increase and accelerate the delivery of new homes in Wembley and Alperton, largely through the acquisition and assembly of land, and by working with development partners. Transport infrastructure would also be improved and Councillor McLennan paid tribute to the work of staff in the Regeneration Investment Team.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given in principle to entering into contract with the Greater London Authority to receive Housing Zone grant funding to assist with delivery of the Housing Zone objectives in Alperton (£13.9million) and Wembley (£8 million) with approval of the terms of such funding contracts to be delegated to the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Growth in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer;

(ii)        that approval in principle be given to taking steps to make use for development of retained land along the Wembley High Road frontage at Ark Elvin Academy through the Wembley Housing Zone, subject to receiving section 77 approval from the Secretary of State for Education and subject to meeting agreed costs  in the fit out of the new academy;

(iii)       that the intention to make use of the Mayor’s London Development Panel to develop the retained land at Ark Elvin Academy and to form a development partnership for the Wembley Housing Zone be noted;

(iv)       that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Growth in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer to take steps to dispose of the retained land at Ark Elvin Academy.  The final decision on the disposal of the land will be subject to a final decision remaining with Cabinet;

(v)        that approval in principle be given to make Compulsory Purchase Orders of land interests within the Housing Zones under Planning, Housing and Highways legislation to bring forward the development objectives, subject to a further specific resolution of Cabinet in respect of the making of each order.