Decision details

Date of Decision:

12/06/2025

Title:

Purchase of nine new homes at Albert Club, West Melton under the Small Sites Homebuilder Initiative

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer

Strategic Director Adult Care, Housing & Public Health

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Enaction of resolution 2 of from the Housing Delivery Programme Report – 2025/26, approved by Cabinet in February 2025:

2. That Cabinet approves the purchase of homes from any of the schemes identified in Exempt Appendix 2.

Cabinet Meeting Minutes Monday 10-Feb-2025 – Minute 120 refers.

and further to approval of the Full Business Case – Albert Club, West Melton (SME Initiative) approved 6^th February 2025 in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing.’

Decision:

Approval to enter into contract with Keystone Yorkshire Ltd to purchase nine new homes at Albert Club, West Melton.  Identified as Appendix 2 - 10^th February 2025 Cabinet report.

The Council will purchase:

• Six no. two-bedroom houses
• Three no. three-bedroom houses

The homes are scheduled to be handed over March 2026 and will be brought into the Council’s existing housing stock and made available to applicants from the Housing Register.

Reasons for the Decision:

The decision has been taken in-line with the Cabinet approval, to ensure that the Council can continue to deliver new council homes to meet residents’ needs.

The financial detail of the acquisitions is set out within the capital business case. It is not included within the decision record on the basis that it is commercially sensitive. This is in-line with the over-arching Cabinet report exemption.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Previous Housing Delivery Programme reports have considered the alternative option not to pursue new acquisition opportunities and this was not recommended because the Council needs to ensure a continuous pipeline to deliver the Council homes needed.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None declared

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None declared

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

None declared

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health – Housing Delivery Programme 2025/26.

Full Business Case (FBC) – Albert Club, West Melton (SME Initiative), authorised by James Clark, Assistant Director of Housing