Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendations

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves development of the Grayson Road and Tenter Street sites, to build an estimated 31 new Council homes.

2.    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to take the necessary steps to appropriate the land from the General Fund to the Housing Revenue Account: to optimise design of the sites according to strategic need, site constraints, and any requirements resulting from both stakeholder feedback and the planning application process.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval from Cabinet to develop the Council-owned sites at Grayson Road (Greasbrough) and Tenter Street (Thornhill). Together, it was projected that the sites would deliver an estimated 31 new homes. Appendix 2 identified the specific areas of land to be appropriated from the General Fund to the Housing Revenue Account, to support development of the new Council homes.

Grayson Road and Tenter Street were Council-owned land assets held in the General Fund. Both sites had been allocated for residential development within the Rotherham Local Plan (site references H6 and H8 respectively).

It was estimated that the Grayson Road site could deliver approximately 16 new homes and the Tenter Street site approximately 15 new homes, subject to conclusion of the design process and planning permission.

The Housing Delivery Programme reports had identified that there was a clear and continuing need for more affordable homes across the borough, and as the cost-of-living continued to affect communities, more people would turn to the Council for financial and housing support. The Council was continuing to address this need through delivery of the Programme, with a target to deliver hundreds of new homes by March 2026.

Resolved:-

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves development of the Grayson Road and Tenter Street sites, to build an estimated 31 new Council homes.

2.    Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing, to take the necessary steps to appropriate the land from the General Fund to the Housing Revenue Account: to optimise design of the sites according to strategic need, site constraints, and any requirements resulting from both stakeholder feedback and the planning application process.