Agenda item

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the purpose built block of 16 garages at Devonshire Close, Staveley, be demolished.

2.   That the Housing Manager be delegated authority to tender for, and appoint a contractor to carry out the demolition works.

3.   That the Housing Manager be delegated authority to tender for, and appoint a contractor to make the site into a parking area with marked bays.

REASON FOR DECSIONS

To help meet the council plan priority ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’

The Housing Manager submitted a report to recommend action in respect of 16 garages at Devonshire Close, Staveley that were severely damaged by a fire on 20 November, 2016.

The report noted that Devonshire Close, Staveley, had a purpose built garage site comprising of 32 garages in two blocks of 16 and that these were let to both council tenants and private residents, on a weekly basis. On the night of 20 November, 2016 the 16 garages within one of the blocks suffered extensive damage, resulting from a fire which was believed to have been started deliberately. The Housing Manager advised that as the block of garages was now unsafe for the tenants to continue to occupy, arrangements had been made to cease rental charges and for alternative garages to be offered to the tenants of the garages.

The report included details of the options that had been considered for the future of the site which included repairing the garages, demolishing and rebuilding the garages and demolishing the garages and replacing them with an area of marked out car park places for the benefit of residents in the area. The Housing Manager advised that after assessing the costs and potential benefits to all council tenants in the area it was recommended that the garages should be demolished and replaced with an area of marked out parking spaces. This option would benefit all the residents of Devonshire Close by providing increased parking for visitors and residents as well as offering the best value option for the council.

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the purpose built block of 16 garages at Devonshire Close, Staveley, be demolished.

2.   That the Housing Manager be delegated authority to tender for, and appoint a contractor to carry out the demolition works.

3.   That the Housing Manager be delegated authority to tender for, and appoint a contractor to make the site into a parking area with marked bays.

REASON FOR DECSIONS

To help meet the council plan priority ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’.