Decision - Purchase of Kubic Apartments, Whitehawk Way, Brighton

Brighton and Hove Housing & New Homes Committee, Strategy, Finance & City Regeneration Committee Decided 21 Jun 2023 approved GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Housing & New Homes Committee, Strategy, Finance & City Regeneration Committee

Report author

Scott Lunn

Published

22 Jun 2023

Reference

6947

As published

the council's own words, unedited

Property Aquisition . Off plan purchase – Kubic Apartments, Whitehawk Way, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5FH

RESOVLED: That Housing & New Homes Committee: 2.1 recommends to the Strategy, Finance & Regeneration Committee that it agrees the purchase of Kubic Apartments Whitehawk Way, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5FH and grants delegated authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to negotiate the sale price up to the maximum set out in the Part 2 report. 2.2 recommends to the Strategy, Finance & Regeneration Committee that funding is switched and part of the budget from the Home Purchase Policy 2023/24 is used to purchase Kubic Apartments as outlined in paragraphs 3.3. and 3.4 of the Part 2 report. That Strategy, Finance & City Regeneration Committee: 2.3 agrees the purchase of Kubic Apartments Whitehawk Way, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5FH and grants delegated authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to negotiate the sale price up to the maximum set out in the Part 2 report. 2.4 agrees that funding is switched and part of the budget from the Home Purchase Policy 2023/24 is used to purchase Kubic Apartments as outlined in paragraphs 3.3. and 3.4 of the Part 2 report.

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The report proposed that Brighton & Hove City Council purchase Kubic Apartments, a block of 38 flats in Whitehawk, to increase the supply of permanent social housing. The purchase would be funded partly by switching budget from the Home Purchase Policy 2023/24, with delegated authority for the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to negotiate the sale price up to the confidential maximum in the Part 2 report.

Recommendation

Approve the purchase of Kubic Apartments and delegate authority to the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities to negotiate the sale price up to the maximum set out in the Part 2 report; approve switching part of the Home Purchase Policy 2023/24 budget to fund the purchase.

Financial impact

A budget of £6,000,000 was agreed by budget council for a substantial one-off property acquisition. The purchase price and detailed financial implications are set out in the Part 2 report.

Ward affected

Whitehawk & Marina

Decision maker

Strategy, Finance & Regeneration Committee

Date in document

13 Jul 2023

Stakeholders named

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Brighton & Hove City CouncilResidents requiring affordable and accessible social housingExisting council tenants seeking to transfer or downsizeMartin HomesRegistered Providers (Housing Associations)Ward members

Next steps

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Housing & New Homes Committee to recommend the purchase and funding switch to the Strategy, Finance & Regeneration Committee.
Strategy, Finance & Regeneration Committee to decide whether to approve the purchase and funding switch.
If approved, the Executive Director Housing, Neighbourhoods & Communities will negotiate the sale price up to the maximum set out in the Part 2 report.
Ongoing technical, compliance and building investigations will continue before purchase.
A lettings plan will be considered for the new homes.

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