To consider a report of the Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration.

The Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration submitted a report which noted that the Council had been allocated grant funding by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) from the Brownfield Housing Fund to support the delivery of Sale Magistrates Court development site. The report sought approval to enter into a grant agreement with the GMCA to secure grant funds of £1,260,000 to support delivery of 84 new homes in accordance with the Scheme. The Leader of the Council noted that an urgent decision was required to allow the funding to be accessed.

            RESOLVED -

(1)       That it be approved that the Council enter into a grant agreement with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in order to access grant funding from the Brownfield Housing Fund to support the delivery of the Scheme.

(2)       That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director for Place, in consultation with the Corporate Director of Governance and Community Strategy and Director of Finance and Systems, to agree the terms and conditions of the grant agreement.

(3)       That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director of Governance and Community Strategy to enter into the grant agreement required to finalise the transaction.

(4)       That, for the reasons set out in the report, this decision be deemed urgent and not subject to the call in process.