Decision details
Allocation of capital resources made available by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for the acquisition and conversion of Cedar Cottage and Annex for temporary accommodation
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
In November 2020, the council successfully bid
to the MHCLG for capital funds of £232,785 to support the
acquisition and conversion of Cedar Cottage and Cedar Annex into
six units of temporary accommodation for those moving on from rough
sleeping.
On 9th December 2020, Jonathan Geall, Head of Housing and Health
approved the formal agreement with the MHCLG to use the funding for
the specified purpose.
The decision recorded on this form is to allocate this funding to
the council’s capital programme to cover costs incurred by
the council on this project
Decision:
Allocation to the capital programme of
£232,785 in grant monies from the MHCLG for the purposes of
the acquisition and conversion of Cedar Cottage and Annex for use
as temporary accommodation
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Not allocate the funding –
REJECTED as the monies were granted by the MHCLG for this sole
purpose and cannot be used for any other project. Not allocating
the funds to the Cedar Cottage and Cedar Annex acquisition and
works would result in the council having to return the monies and
entirely fund the works from its own resources
Option 2 - Allocate the funding as proposed
Publication date: 06/10/2021
Date of decision: 28/09/2021
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