Decision details

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the progress made on the New Homes, Better Places Programme be

noted;

(2) funding be approved for Lewisham Homes (acting as the Council’s

development agent) to appoint a contractor to deliver construction works to a

total of 88 new homes across five sites, known as Package B (Somerville

Estate Site C, Bampton Estate, Algernon Road, Grace Path and Silverdale

Hall), as part of the New Homes Better Places Development programme. The

total estimated value of this procurement is £25.7m (inclusive of a 10%

contingency);

(3) funding be approved for Lewisham Homes (acting as the Council’s

development agent) to appoint a contractor to deliver construction works to up

to 64 new homes across three schemes, known as Package C, (Knapdale

Close, Hillcrest Estate, Kenton Court) as part of the New Homes Better

Places Development programme. The total estimated value of this

procurement is £22.5m (inclusive of a 10% contingency);

(4) funding be approved for Lewisham Homes (acting as the Council’s

development agent) to appoint a contractor to deliver construction works to 6

new homes at the scheme known as Marnock Road in Crofton Park ward as

part of the New Homes Better Places Development programme. The total

estimated value of this procurement is £1.68m (inclusive of a 10%

contingency).

(5) funding be approved for Lewisham Homes (acting as the Council’s

development agent) to appoint a contractor to deliver construction works to 9

new homes at the scheme known as Endwell Road in Telegraph Hill ward as

part of the New Homes Better Places Development programme. The total

estimated value of this procurement is £2.3m (inclusive of a 10%

contingency);

(6) a procurement strategy for the next three off-site manufactured

developments be presented to Mayor and Cabinet in September 2018.