Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor N Barker, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Strategic Leadership and Finance.

RESOLVED –

1.              That Cabinet agreed to progress with the development of the replacement community facility at Cleveland Road Stonebroom subject to Council approval of funding.

2.              That Cabinet recommended to Council the approval of additional borrowing of £0.650m for the development of the community facility at Stonebroom.

3.              That Cabinet recommended to Council the inclusion of the changes to the scheme in the HRA Capital Programme.

REASONS FOR DECISION – The regeneration scheme at Stonebroom supports the Council’s commitment in its Council Plan to build, acquire and facilitate the delivery of more high-quality social housing for rent in the district.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED - Not to build the community facility. This was rejected due to strong community support for the facility and the regeneration benefits to the wider scheme.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.

The reportto Cabinet provided an update on the regeneration project in the Cleveland Road area of Stonebroom.  Members were reminded that as part of the project to replace 50 prefabricated homes with 74 new bungalows, it had now been proposed to include land currently occupied a community building within the layout for the project. A new, fit for purpose, community facility would be built to replace the existing building on Council-owned land at Cleveland Road. Cabinet heard that a feasibility study on this new building had now successfully taken place and that the local community had been consulted on the proposal. This consultation revealed strong support for the proposed new community facility.

Members noted that as the proposed new community building was not included in the original scheme costs, additional funding would be required. Cabinet was asked to recommend to Council at its meeting on 22 July 2024 that this additional funding should be provided for the new community building.

Cabinet discussed the update. Members welcomed the progress which had been made. They reflected on how the regeneration project would benefit Stonebroom and, in particular, the value which the new building would have for local people.

RESOLVED –

1.              That Cabinet agreed to progress with the development of the replacement community facility at Cleveland Road Stonebroom subject to Council approval of funding.

2.              That Cabinet recommended to Council the approval of additional borrowing of £0.650m for the development of the community facility at Stonebroom.

3.              That Cabinet recommended to Council the inclusion of the changes to the scheme in the HRA Capital Programme.

REASONS FOR DECISION – The regeneration scheme at Stonebroom supports the Council’s commitment in its Council Plan to build, acquire and facilitate the delivery of more high-quality social housing for rent in the district.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED - Not to build the community facility. This was rejected due to strong community support for the facility and the regeneration benefits to the wider scheme.