Decision details

The Housing Services Manager – Business Planning and Strategy submitted a report seeking approval to dispose of five miscellaneous residential properties that were deemed surplus to the Council’s requirements.

The properties had been vacant for some years and Housing Services had not been able to let them due to their physical condition, locations and unsuitability as accommodation for families.

The options considered for dealing with these properties included disposal of the properties at auction or on the open market, leasing to another supported housing provider, refurbishment and re-letting, refurbishment and sale (to achieve a higher value), or demolition/redevelopment. It was proposed that the properties be disposed of at auction in order to expedite the sales to mitigate the Council’s liabilities in continuing to secure and maintain the properties.

It was agreed that the Housing Services Manager – Business Planning and Strategy, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Assistant Cabinet Member for Housing, would progress a further review of the costings and options appraisals that had been carried out regarding four of the properties and that a further report would be brought back to Cabinet to determine the final courses of action in respect of these properties.

*RESOLVED -

1)           That the Housing Services Manager – Business Planning and Strategy be authorised to reconfigure the rear boundaries of 203 Station Lane, Old Whittington, with small strips of land being disposed of to the owners of 205 and 207 Station Lane.

2)           That the Housing Services Manager – Business Planning and Strategy be authorised to dispose of 203 Station Lane, Old Whittington, following the reconfiguration of the boundaries to the rear of 205 and 207 Station Lane.

3)           That further consideration be given by the Housing Services Manager – Business Planning and Strategy, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and the Assistant Cabinet Member for Housing, to the various options available for achieving a sustainable return to residential occupation of the Council-owned properties at 49 Compton Street, Chesterfield and 11, 13 and 15 King Street North, Old Whittington, Chesterfield.

REASONS FOR DECISIONS

To manage the Council’s housing assets effectively and to support the Housing Capital Investment Programme.

To contribute to the delivery of the Council’s priorities - ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’ and ‘to provide value for money services’.