Issue - decisions

Date of Decision:

6 November 2023

Title:

Larch Road Demolition

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

James Clark, Assistant Director of Housing

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

The decision is further to Recommendation 1 of the Housing Development Programme Report – 2023/24, approved by Cabinet in January 2023.

1.    That Cabinet approves the Council-owned sites listed in Appendix 3 being brought forward to deliver new Council homes.

Decision:

To approve the demolition of the former Park Hill Lodge care home on Larch Road in Maltby. The Council’s Housing repairs and maintenance contractor: Equans, will oversee delivery of the works.

Reasons for the Decision:

Larch Road is a site identified within Appendix 3 to the January 2023 Cabinet report and demolition of the existing structures is necessary to support planned redevelopment of the site for new Council homes.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Demolition is a routine site development function which normally forms part of the construction contract; however, construction is not due to start until mid-2024.

Meanwhile, the structures have already stood vacant for a considerable period, having been closed in 2020, and further to Cabinet’s approval of an earlier Adult Care service transformation report. The vacant structures present a risk of anti-social behaviour and are incurring holding (revenue) costs for the Council, therefore earlier demolition is recommended.

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

None declared

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

The report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health – Housing Development Programme 2023/24.