Decision details

To agree a co-ordinated approach to the provision of affordable housing developments and public car parking in Vere Road.

(1)        That Option 3 within the report, a balanced approach to Affordable Housing and Public Car Parking, be pursued to provide a cohesive Car Parking and Affordable Housing Plan for Vere Road, Loughton;

(2)        That the previous Cabinet decision to provide Moat Housing with a 999-year lease to develop Site 1 (see Appendix 1 of the report) for affordable housing be rescinded and that approximately 50 car parking spaces for the use of residents of the private development by Higgins Homes on the site of the former Winston Churchill Public House be constructed on Site 1, with the construction costs met by Higgins Homes in accordance with the Development Agreement between the two parties;

(3)        That Site 2 (see Appendix 1) be re-constructed by Higgins Homes to provide approximately 8 car parking spaces for the Higgins Homes development and approximately 55 public car parking spaces, with the construction costs met by Higgins Homes;

(4)        That Site 3 (see Appendix 1) be marked-out, equipped and included within the Council’s pay and display regime to provide approximately 7 public pay and display car parking spaces;

(5)        That the 20 Council-owned garages on Site 4 (see Appendix 1) be demolished and that Site 4 be re-constructed and equipped to provide approximately 34 public car parking spaces;

(6)        That planning permission be sought for the development of 10 affordable rented flats, with associated car parking, on Site 5 (see Appendix 1) in accordance with the Development Appraisal already approved by the Council Housebuilding Cabinet Committee; and

(7)        That the Director of Neighbourhoods be authorised to:

            (a)        obtain a budget estimate for the cost of reconstructing and equipping Sites 3           and 4 (see Appendix 1) for the provision of this work; and

            (b)        seek the inclusion of appropriate budget provision for the work within the Capital     Programme for 2017/18, when the Capital Programme was next reviewed.