Issue - meetings

This report proposes that capital investment be approved to enable Brent to redevelop 51, 53 and Westbrook Community Centre, Longstone Avenue, London NW10 3UN (the subject site), delivering 85 temporary and 40 new accommodation units for independent living homes and replacement community facilities, resulting in the termination of the existing leasing arrangements.

that agreement be given to capital investment of £24m, to bring forward the proposed 85 temporary and 40 new accommodation units for Independent Living homes and replacement community accommodation, subject to further viability testing, local consultation, and planning consent.

Councillor McLennan, Cabinet Member for Housing and Development, introduced the report stating that the Strategic Property Plan 2015-18, Brent’s Corporate Plan 2015/16, and the Temporary Accommodation Reform Plan presented to Cabinet on 14 March 2016 set out a presumption for Brent to retain its limited property assets, utilising them to support regeneration, generating revenue savings, and new income generation.

She informed members that this report proposed that capital investment be approved to enable Brent to redevelop 51, 53 and Westbrook Community Centre, Longstone Avenue, London NW10 3UN (the subject site), delivering 85 temporary and 40 new accommodation units for independent living homes and replacement community facilities, resulting in the termination of the existing leasing arrangements.

RESOLVED:

that agreement be given to capital investment of £24m, to bring forward the proposed 85 temporary and 40 new accommodation units for Independent Living homes and replacement community accommodation, subject to further viability testing, local consultation, and planning consent.