Agenda item

Extra Care Housing Scheme and Community Supported Living Units for Working Aged Adults at The Hoplands Sleaford with North Kesteven District Council

(To receive a report from the Executive Director of Adult Care and Community Wellbeing and the Executive Director - Commercial, which seeks approval for capital funding to provide Extra Care Housing and community supported living units for working aged adults with learning disabilities, mental health and/or physical disabilities, for the anticipated demand in the North Kesteven District)

Decision:

That the Executive:

 

1.    Approves the payment of a sum of £2.56 million from the Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to NKDC through a Funding Agreement to support the development of the Hoplands, Sleaford, which is permitted under the state aid rules where the aid provided can be categorised as Services of General Economic Interest, with Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council entering into a Nominations Agreement and Funding Agreement for the Extra Care Housing scheme and Working Age Adult properties, to secure nomination rights for Lincolnshire County Council on 40 Extra Care Housing units and 12 Community Supported Living units for Working Age Adults with learning disabilities, mental health and/or physical disabilities; through a process of first refusal with no void risk for a period of 30 years.

 

2.    Approves the under-value disposal of 0.9625 hectares of the Hoplands site for nil value to North Kesteven District Council to support the development of the Hoplands, which is permitted under the state aid rules, where the aid provided can be categorised as Services of General Economic Interest.  (The market value for this section of land is £650,000).

 

3.    Approves the disposal of 0.81262 hectares of the Hoplands site for market value of £250,000 to Lafford Homes, North Kesteven District Council's wholly-owned property company, for the development of market rental properties, or to North Kesteven District Council for the development of social housing, in the event Lafford Homes are unable to proceed.

 

4.    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 decisions.

Minutes:

The Executive Director for Adult Care and Community Wellbeing introduced a report which set out a scheme for extra care housing and community supported living units for working aged adults to be developed at The Hoplands in Sleaford with North Kesteven District Council.  It was proposed that the scheme would offer 40 extra care apartments and 12 supported living units for working aged adults with learning disabilities, mental health and/or physical disabilities.  The report recommended that a further £2.56m of the designated capital budget was released to enable the Hoplands scheme to begin development in the summer of 2022.

 

It was highlighted that an important factor of this development was its location, which was very close to Sleaford town centre.  This meant that residents would be able to access community facilities and activities as well as the local shops, helping them to remain independent.

 

It was also noted that this scheme introduced a new aspect of including the supporting living units for working aged adults in the development of the extra care scheme.

 

In terms of the scheme itself, it was expected that this would deliver provision for a 30 year period, with the County Council having first refusal on any beds, and no void risk.  It was expected that the scheme would commence in 2022 with completion in 2023/24.

 

Councillor C E H Marfleet, Chairman of the Adults and Community Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, presented the comments of the Committee which were strongly supportive of the recommendations and the scheme.  In addition, the Committee had been very impressed by the partnership working in order to develop this scheme.  The Committee also welcomed the mixture of accommodation catering for different requirements on one development, and hoped that more of these developments would come forward in the future.

 

The Executive welcomed the report and its recommendations, and echoed the comments of the Scrutiny Committee in hoping to see more of this type of development in Lincolnshire in the future, as this enabled residents to stay in their communities and remain independent when they started to require additional support.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Executive:

 

1.    Approves the payment of a sum of £2.56 million from the Capital Programme for Lincolnshire to NKDC through a Funding Agreement to support the development of the Hoplands, Sleaford, which is permitted under the state aid rules where the aid provided can be categorised as Services of General Economic Interest, with Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council entering into a Nominations Agreement and Funding Agreement for the Extra Care Housing scheme and Working Age Adult properties, to secure nomination rights for Lincolnshire County Council on 40 Extra Care Housing units and 12 Community Supported Living units for Working Age Adults with learning disabilities, mental health and/or physical disabilities; through a process of first refusal with no void risk for a period of 30 years.

 

2.    Approves the under-value disposal of 0.9625 hectares of the Hoplands site for nil value to North Kesteven District Council to support the development of the Hoplands, which is permitted under the state aid rules, where the aid provided can be categorised as Services of General Economic Interest.  (The market value for this section of land is £650,000).

 

3.    Approves the disposal of 0.81262 hectares of the Hoplands site for market value of £250,000 to Lafford Homes, North Kesteven District Council's wholly-owned property company, for the development of market rental properties, or to North Kesteven District Council for the development of social housing, in the event Lafford Homes are unable to proceed.

 

4.    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 decisions.

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