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Allocation of Commuted Sums to Deliver Affordable Housing

Meeting: 06/04/2021 - Cabinet (Item 147)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the report and make the following resolutions:

 

1.    That the allocation of £60,000 commuted sum monies be approved to Midhurst Community Land Trust to fund the acquisition and delivery of 2 affordable rented dwellings at Park Crescent Midhurst.

 

2.    That delegated authority be given to the Director of Housing and Communities to allow the payment of monies prior to practical completion to allow the trust to acquire the units subject to satisfactory discharge of planning conditions and receipt of solicitor’s completion statement.

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

1.    That the allocation of £60,000 commuted sum monies be approved to Midhurst Community Land Trust to fund the acquisition and delivery of 2 affordable rented dwellings at Park Crescent Midhurst.

 

2.    That delegated authority be given to the Director of Housing and Communities to allow the payment of monies prior to practical completion to allow the trust to acquire the units subject to satisfactory discharge of planning conditions and receipt of solicitor’s completion statement.

 

Minutes:

Cllr Sutton introduced the item.

 

Mr Jones added that the funding reallocation would be from the Downview and Ridge development in Petworth in order to keep the provision within the locality where it was originally received.

 

Cllr Briscoe gave his support to the proposal.

 

Cllr Plant wished to note that 4.2 of the report refers to an affordable assured tenancy which is a longer, more secure tenancy.

 

In a vote the following resolutions were made:

 

RESOLVED

 

1.    That the allocation of £60,000 commuted sum monies be approved to Midhurst Community Land Trust to fund the acquisition and delivery of 2 affordable rented dwellings at Park Crescent Midhurst.

 

2.    That delegated authority be given to the Director of Housing and Communities to allow the payment of monies prior to practical completion to allow the trust to acquire the units subject to satisfactory discharge of planning conditions and receipt of solicitor’s completion statement.


 

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