(1) That the report from CIH Consultancy on the options for funding an accelerated Council Housebuilding Programme and the associated implications be noted;
(2) That, in accordance with its terms of appointment, the Council’s Development Agent, East Thames, be asked to update the Council’s Development Strategy, once the outcome of the Council’s bid to the HCA is known, taking account of any decisions made to accelerate the Housebuilding Programme and other relevant decisions made by the Cabinet Committee and Cabinet since the time the current Development Strategy was produced; and
(3) That the outcome of any decisions to accelerate the Housebuilding Programme be included within the Council’s HRA Financial Plan 2014/15, when it is reviewed and updated at the end of Quarter 1 of 2014/15.