(KEY DECISION)

Report No.18/2018 from the Chief Executive was received.

Mr O Hemsley, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, the purpose of which was to develop a prioritised programme for spending commuted sums for affordable housing that have been collected through Planning Obligations.

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After debate on this item the Cabinet APPROVED that the meeting returned to public session.

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DECISION

That Cabinet:

1)  APPROVED the priorities in section 3 of Report No. 18/2018.

2)  APPROVED an affordable housing commuted sum expenditure project of £420,000 for inclusion in the capital programme.

3)  AUTHORISED the Chief Executive to allocate funding, prior to a bidding process for external grant applications, from within the £420,000 budget for an extension of a Council-owned property to create a five- or six-bedroomed house in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Rutland One Public Estate & Growth, Tourism & Economic Development, Resources (other than Finance and Communications), subject to feasibility.

4)  AUTHORISED the Chief Executive and/or the Director of Places to undertake a bidding process for grant applications from housing associations and from within the Council, setting out in a separate document for bidders the priorities in section 3 and the details of the scoring matrix to be used by the Council.

5)  AUTHORISED the Chief Executive and/or the Director of Places to hold informal discussions with the bidders if appropriate.

6)  REQUESTED that the Chief Executive and/or the Director of Places bring a further report to Cabinet on the outcome of the bidding process and recommending a way forward, including proposed budget recommendations.

Reasons for the decision

The proposals in the report would enable affordable housing commuted sums to be spent to meet a range of local housing need and to achieve value for money.

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Mr A Walters returned to the meeting

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