Issue - meetings

This report proposes that capital investment be approved to enable Brent Council to redevelop Clock Cottage, Kenton Road, London, HA3 0YG (the subject site) delivering 17 homes of “New Accommodation Independent Living” (NAIL) to house at least 19 people with care and support needs. The anticipated 19 residents would pay affordable rents with specialist support packages provided by Adult Social Care.

(i)         Cabinet agreed to capital investment of £4.123m, to bring forward the proposed 17 New Accommodation Independent Living (NAIL) homes at Clock Cottage.

(ii)        Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director for Resources in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer to oversee the Clock Cottage  redevelopment scheme progression through further viability testing, local consultation, and planning consent.

(iii)       Cabinet delegated authority to the Strategic Director for Resources in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer in respect to a works contract for the Clock Cottage redevelopment to agree pretender considerations, invite tenders and thereafter award the contract.

Councillor Butt, Leader of the Council, reminded members that the council’s Strategic Property Plan 2015-19 set out a presumption for Brent to retain its limited property assets, utilising them to support regeneration, generating revenue savings, and capital investment for new income generation.

Councillor Butt stated that the report proposed that capital investment be approved to enable Brent Council to redevelop Clock Cottage, Kenton Road, London, HA3 0YG (the subject site) delivering 17 homes of “New Accommodation Independent Living” (NAIL) to house at least 19 people with care and support needs. The anticipated 19 residents would pay affordable rents with specialist support packages provided by Adult Social Care.

RESOLVED:

(i)         that approval be given to capital investment of £4.123m, to bring forward the proposed 17 New Accommodation Independent Living (NAIL) homes at Clock Cottage;

(ii)        that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Resources in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer to oversee the Clock Cottage  redevelopment scheme progression through further viability testing, local consultation, and planning consent;

(iii)       that authority be delegated to the Strategic Director for Resources in consultation with the Chief Legal Officer and the Chief Finance Officer in respect to a works contract for the Clock Cottage redevelopment to agree pretender considerations, invite tenders and thereafter award the contract.