Decision:
* RESOLVED –
1) That approval be given to enter into an agreement to lease the former Hady Lane Garage Site with a local gypsy and traveller family to enable its conversion into a two pitch gypsy and traveller site.
2) That the Housing Service Manager – Business Planning and Strategy and the Procurement and Contract Law Manager be given delegated authority to raise a lease agreement and approve a suitable Gypsy and Traveller site licence for occupation and use of the site
Minutes:
The Housing Service Manager – Business Planning and Strategy submitted a report seeking approval to enter an agreement to lease the former garage site on Hady Lane to enable its conversion into a two pitch gypsy and traveller site.
Proposals for the Council to develop the site or to sell the land were not recommended as they were not considered feasible or cost-effective to meet the need in the Borough for gypsy and traveller pitches.
* RESOLVED –
1) That approval be given to enter into an agreement to lease the former Hady Lane Garage Site with a local gypsy and traveller family to enable its conversion into a two pitch gypsy and traveller site.
2) That the Housing Service Manager – Business Planning and Strategy and the Procurement and Contract Law Manager be given delegated authority to raise a lease agreement and approve a suitable Gypsy and Traveller site licence for occupation and use of the site
REASON FOR DECISIONS
To help achieve the Corporate Plan Priority –
‘Improve quality of life for local people’ through
‘improving quality of housing in the Borough’ and
‘reducing inequality and improving standards of
living’.