RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet notes the options appraisal setting out how the Council can achieve its strategic ambition to deliver affordable housing on council owned sites.

B. That Cabinet agrees not to dispose of the first four sites for private sale and instead allocates the sites for affordable homes, delivered either by the Council or a Registered Provider (Housing Association).

C. That Cabinet note the implications for the Council of Merton re-establishing a Housing Revenue Account should it decide to be the direct provider of social needs housing.

D. That Cabinet note the finance, timescale and officer resource implications for the programme.

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Development presented the report and provided an overview of the series of options within the report.

The proposal included the recommendation not to dispose of four council sites and allocate them instead for affordable homes, these being 21 homes at the Elm Nursery car park site, 36 homes at Raleigh Gardens car park, 18 homes at the Canons Madeira Road and 18 homes at Farm Road, with 93 homes in total. It was noted that £300,000 had already been allocated for the necessary architectural work.

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet notes the options appraisal setting out how the Council can achieve its strategic ambition to deliver affordable housing on council owned sites.

B. That Cabinet agrees not to dispose of the first four sites for private sale and instead allocates the sites for affordable homes, delivered either by the Council or a Registered Provider (Housing Association).

C. That Cabinet note the implications for the Council of Merton re-establishing a Housing Revenue Account should it decide to be the direct provider of social needs housing.

D. That Cabinet note the finance, timescale and officer resource implications for the programme.