Agenda item

(To receive a report from the Executive Director – Adult Care and Community Wellbeing and the Executive Director – Commercial, which seeks approval of funding from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to LACE Housing Ltd through a Funding Agreement to support the development of The Linelands)

(1)   That the payment of a sum of £1.99m from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to LACE Housing Ltd through a Funding Agreement to support the development of The Linelands be approved.  Lincolnshire County Council and LACE Housing Ltd will enter into a Nominations Agreement and Funding Agreement to secure nomination rights for Lincolnshire County Council on 20 units, through a process of first refusal with no void risk.

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

Following an introduction from Councillor Mrs P A Bradwell, OBE, the Executive Councillor for Adult Care, Health and Children Services, the Assistant Director, Corporate Property and the Assistant Director, Frailty and Long Terms Conditions, presented the report.

The Executive considered proposals to release £1.99 million from the capital programme, to develop an extra care housing scheme of 43 units at the Linelands site in Nettleham, via a partnership between Lincolnshire County Council and LACE Housing Limited.  The County Council would have nominations rights for 20 of the units for a 30-year period, with no void risk. It was reported that since the report had been published, LACE Housing Ltd had confirmed its approval of the scheme.  

The proposal would provide choice and help older adult residents to live independently for as long as possible within their communities.  Work was expected to commence in the spring of 2021, subject to the approval of the Executive.   

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board presented the comments of the Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, which had considered the proposals on 1 September 2020.  The Committee had wholeheartedly supported the proposal and looked forward to further extra care housing schemes being developed.

The Executive also recorded its support for the proposal, in particular as it would support independent living and the officers responsible for the scheme were thanked for bringing it forward.

RESOLVED

(1)   That the payment of a sum of £1.99m from the Extra Care Housing Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to LACE Housing Ltd through a Funding Agreement to support the development of The Linelands be approved.  Lincolnshire County Council and LACE Housing Ltd will enter into a Nominations Agreement and Funding Agreement to secure nomination rights for Lincolnshire County Council on 20 units, through a process of first refusal with no void risk.

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