Decision:
*RESOLVED –
1. That the properties at 9 and 9a Wensley Way, Middlecroft be demolished.
2. That the Housing Manager be authorised to tender for and appoint a demolition contractor.
3. That the Housing Manager be authorised to make an offer of equivalent accommodation to the affected tenant.
4. That the Housing Manager be authorised to make Home loss Payments in line with statutory amounts and a disturbance payment to the displaced tenant.
REASON FOR DECISION
To meet the Councils priority ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’ and the objective, ‘To increase the supply and quality of housing in Chesterfield Borough to meet current and future needs’.
Minutes:
The Housing Manager submitted a report to recommend action in respect of the former Careline Office at 9 Wensley Way, Middlecroft, the attached garage, neighbouring boiler room and attached bungalow at 9A Wensley Way. The property at 9 Wensley Way had been a Careline office, but had been empty since June 2013, with the one bedroom bungalow at 9a Wensley Way currently occupied by a tenant. It was noted that all the buildings were of steel framed ‘trusteel’ non-traditional construction and were suffering from several structural problems which would require substantial and costly work to make them structurally viable into the future.
The report considered various options and their related costs for dealing with the properties, but recommended that members approve the demolition of the properties as the most cost effective solution. The demolition of the properties would save some capital works costs associated with the improvements required to the building and also create a far more usable space for a future development of housing to take place.
The report noted that the tenant of 9a Wensley Way would be granted a permanent move to a property of the same size elsewhere in the Borough if their property was demolished.
*RESOLVED –
1. That the properties at 9 and 9a Wensley Way, Middlecroft be demolished.
2. That the Housing Manager be authorised to tender for and appoint a demolition contractor.
3. That the Housing Manager be authorised to make an offer of equivalent accommodation to the affected tenant.
4. That the Housing Manager be authorised to make Home loss Payments in line with statutory amounts and a disturbance payment to the displaced tenant.
REASON FOR DECISION
To meet the Councils priority ‘to improve the quality of life for local people’ and the objective, ‘To increase the supply and quality of housing in Chesterfield Borough to meet current and future needs’.