Decision details

Decision to acquire a property under the Refugee Housing Programme - C

Decision Maker: Strategic Director for the Environment

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This decision is one of several key decisions to enable the council to purchase properties to support refugee resettlement in line with the aims of the Refugee Housing Programme.

Decision:

That the Strategic Director for Environment, in consultation with the Strategic Director of Finance:

 

  1. agree that appendix one is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

 

  1. approve the decision to acquire the property and the associated expenditure outlined in exempt appendix one against the existing approved RHP capital budget of £16,800,000 and transfer deed for the purchase of the property.

 

  1. approve the decision to enter into the contract for sale and transfer deed for the purchase of the property.

 

Reasons for the decision:

This decision requests authority to purchase the property described above under the RHP. The leader’s urgency decision approved in July 2023 established a capital budget for this programme, and confirmed that individual acquisitions would be subject to distinct decision reports to be approved by the Strategic Director for Environment in consultation with the Strategic Director of Finance.

 

Alternative options considered:

As described in the report.

Publication date: 28/05/2024

Date of decision: 23/05/2024

Effective from: 01/06/2024

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