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Extra Care Housing

Meeting: 09/07/2019 - Executive (Item 13)

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(To receive a report from the Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, which seeks approval for the provision of Council funding for an Extra Care Housing development at De Wint Court, Lincoln)

Additional documents:

Decision:

That the Executive:

 

1.    approves the making of a contribution of £2.8m from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to the De Wint Extra Care Housing scheme being developed by City of Lincoln Council through a Funding Agreement which provides nomination rights for the County Council with no void risk.

 

2.    delegates to the Executive Director for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Adult Care, Health and Children's Services, authority to determine the final form and approve the entering into of all legal documentation necessary to give effect to the above decision.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report from the Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, which invited the Executive to approve the making of a contribution of £2.8m from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire.

 

It was recommended that £2.8m of the £11.886m Adult Care Capital grant was used to enable the De Wint Extra Care Housing (ECH) scheme to commence development in October 2019. 

 

The proposed De Wint ECH scheme in the City of Lincoln was a partnership between the City of Lincoln Council and the County Council to provide ECH for the anticipated demand in the City. The development would provide a total of 70 units of accommodation for a minimum of 30 year period, enabling choice for residents and revenue savings by providing an alternative to expensive residential care.

 

It was advised that the total cost of the development was £12 million, with the City of Lincoln Council contributing £6 million, Homes England £3.2 million and the County Council £2.8 million that provided Adult Care with nomination rights on 35 units for 30 years using a process of first right of refusal with no void risk.

 

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board advised that on 3 July 2019, the Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee had considered the report and agreed to support the recommendations contained within it.

 

The Committee had discussed the issue of accessibility across the county and was advised that schemes were also being developed by the County Council in partnership with the respective district council in Louth, Horncastle, Spalding and Nettleham.  A key factor was the availability of land, and certain district councils in Lincolnshire did not have a bank of available land.   

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Executive:

 

1.    approves the making of a contribution of £2.8m from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to the De Wint Extra Care Housing scheme being developed by City of Lincoln Council through a Funding Agreement which provides nomination rights for the County Council with no void risk.

 

2.    delegates to the Executive Director for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Executive Councillor for Adult Care, Health and Children's Services, authority to determine the final form and approve the entering into of all legal documentation necessary to give effect to the above decision.


 

 
 
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