Decision details

The council has an opportunity to enter into a ‘land deal’ with Cadwyn Housing Association (known as a Package Deal) for the construction and delivery of 30 flats at Courtenay Road in Splott for an agreed price. Cadwyn own the site and have a planning consent for 10 x 1 bed flats and 20 x 2 bed flats. Cadwyn will manage the project and enter into a build contract with a developer and hand the properties over to us once compete. This will be a fixed price contract and Cadwyn will manage all aspects of the build. 

A planning permission was issued on 15^th June 2017, and all apartments are designed to Welsh Government Design Quality Requirements (DQR).

Should the recommendation be approved, work on site will commence before the end of this year handover of the flats anticipated in the 2018/19 financial year.

The Appendices to this report are not for publication as it contains exempt information of the description contained in paragraph 14 of Part 4 and paragraph 21 of Part 5 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972

RESOLVED: that authority be delegated to the Director for Communities, Housing & Customer Services to enter into a contract (following Due diligence and viability approval) with Cadwyn Housing Association, for the acquisition at an agreed contract sum, of 30 new build flats to be developed by Cadwyn at Courtenay Road Splott.

The cabinet member for Housing and Communities has been consulted on this proposal as have Ward Members.