Decision details

Having considered both an open and a confidential officer report, and a

presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan,

the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the work carried out on the Church Grove site to engage with residents and

community groups and to establish the site constraints and value be noted;

(ii) the potential routes for the self-build project to be taken forward, including

their property and financial implications, be noted;

(iii) an EU-compliant competitive dialogue process to select a not-for-profit

community led consortium or organisation to act as an enabling development

partner to deliver community-led self build or custom build housing on the

Church Grove site be initiated;

(iv) the Church Grove site as shown on the plan at appendix A be declared

surplus to the Council’s requirements;

(v) the information provided in the confidential report be considered in

conjunction with the open report; and

(vi) the budget requirement set out in the confidential report be approved.