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Bryan House Bicester Redevelopment Scheme

 

 

Meeting: 07/09/2009 - Executive (Item 33)

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Report of Head of Economic Development and Estates, Head of Housing Services, and Head of Urban and Rural Services

 

Summary

 

To consider options for progressing the redevelopment scheme.

 

Recommendation

 

The Executive is recommended:

 

(1)          To approve a land exchange with Sanctuary Housing to enable the redevelopment of the Bryan House site with affordable housing, with the loss of one public car parking space.

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Agreed

 

Minutes:

The Head of Economic Development and Estates, Head of Housing Services, and Head of Urban and Rural Services submitted a joint report o consider options for progressing the Bryan House redevelopment scheme.

 

Resolved

 

1)         That a land exchange with Sanctuary Housing be approved to enable the redevelopment of the Bryan House site with affordable housing, with the loss of one public car parking space.

Reasons – For some time the Council has been working with Sanctuary Housing to bring forward a scheme to redevelop the Bryan House site in Chapel Street Bicester.  The site was transferred to Charter Community Housing in 2004 as housing for older people but has been empty since July 2006 as it was no longer fit for purpose.

 

Options

 

Option One

 

 

Proceed with the scheme as currently proposed, resulting in the loss of nine public car parking spaces

 

Option Two

Ask Sanctuary to amend their scheme to delete two housing units, and reduce the loss of public car parking spaces to one.  This is the option put forward in the recommendation.