Decision details

This report seeks approval to enter into contract with a selected developer for the construction of a new affordable housing scheme in Fareham Town Centre.

The Council has a corporate objective to enable the delivery of 500 new affordable homes by 2017.

The Council owns a car park at the bottom of Palmerston Avenue for which planning permission has been secured to construct 16 new 1 bedroom flats for rent.  The Council applied for and has secured a grant of £320,000 towards the build cost from the Homes and Communities Agency.

A building contractor has been selected on a competitive basis via the ‘Hampshire IESE’ framework to construct the flats. 

Approval is sought to enter into contract with the selected building contractor and to accept the grant from the Homes and Communities Agency

RESOLVED that the Executive:

a)    approves a revised budget of £1,950,000;

b)    notes the level of grant funding secured from the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) to support delivery of the project;

c)    delegates authority to the Director of Community, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Housing,  to accept the grant conditions and enter into contract with HCA; and

d)    delegates authority to the Director of Community, in consultation with the Executive Member for Health and Housing,  to enter into contract with Brymor Contractors Ltd to construct the proposed development.