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BRAUNSTONE HOUSING

Meeting: 24/09/2001 - Cabinet - for meetings after 09/05/11, please see 'City Mayor & Cabinet' (Item 100)

100 FURTHER HOUSING OPTIONS FOR WEBSTER ROAD, WELLINGER WAY, HOLLINS ROAD, HAND AVENUE, HOCKLEY FARM ROAD AND GALLARDS HILL IN THE BRAUNSTONE NEW DEAL AREA pdf icon PDF 31 KB

Councillor Draycott submits a report detailing two options for the above streets in North Braunstone.  The Cabinet is asked to delegate to the Director of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead for Housing and Neighbourhood Renewal, the authority to produce consultation material and commission a ballot on the two options and adopt the majority decision of the ballot as Council policy.

Minutes:

Councillor Draycott submitted a report detailing two options for the above streets in North Braunstone.  It was noted that a decision had been taken in principle by the Cabinet on 8 May 2001, to demolish the above area arising from the results of a ballot of tenants.  However, since then, further discussions had taken place between the Braunstone Community Association and residents to develop an alternative proposal and a petition had also been received signed by 98 local households requesting that their homes not be demolished.  It was proposed therefore to ballot tenants on the two options and the Cabinet was asked to delegate to the Director of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead for Housing and Neighbourhood Renewal, the authority to produce consultation material and commission a ballot on the two options and adopt the majority decision of the ballot as Council policy.

 

The Director of Housing clarified the position with regard to the ‘Right to Buy’ and rights of succession of Council tenants.  It was noted that if a resident remained as a Council tenant, they would continue to have rights of succession and ‘Right to Buy’.  However, if the ‘redevelopment’ option was chosen and the tenant wished to move back to a redeveloped property with a Housing Association landlord, rights to succession and ‘Right to Buy’ would be lost.

 

It was noted that the ballot would be carried out by an independent body and that tenants would receive full information on the proposals prior to the ballot to allow time to absorb the information and ask questions if necessary.  It was also noted that both the Council and the Braunstone Community Association had agreed to abide by the majority decision of the ballot.

 

RESOLVED:

(1)       that the Director of Housing be authorised, in consultation with the Cabinet Lead Member for Housing and Neighbourhood Renewal, to:-

 

a)         produce balanced consultation material to enable residents to make an informed choice and commission a ballot of all tenants, residents and shop lessees in the affected area, on the two options

 

b)         adopt the decision of the ballot as Council policy and proceed with the detailed work and negotiations to take forward the winning proposal

 

(2)       that the decision be based on a simple majority of the ballot.