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Grant Funding Bid: Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) Round 2
Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Following support at the Growth and
Regeneration EDM on March 22nd CEO approval is required to submit
two funding bids to the Brownfield Land Release Fund which will
enable remediation of two brownfield sites in Bristol for
Community-led affordable housing projects.
Decision:
The Brownfield Land Release Fund 2 (BLRF2) is
making up to £180 million capital grant funding available to
English councils to support the release of council-owned brownfield
land for housing development. Local authorities are asked to submit
bids by 31 March 2023.
The decision has been taken to approve submission for two grant
funding bids to the BLRF as follows:
Bristol City Council will submit two bids to Round 2 to fund
abnormal costs for site remediation and ecological mitigation to
enable the release of Rowlandson Gardens and Turner Gardens for
development of Community-led affordable housing. Both sites are
identified for disposal through the Council’s Community-led
Housing Land Disposal Policy adopted by Cabinet in February 2020,
Community led housing policies.
The bids are for:
£81,153 for garage / asbestos removal, ecological and
remediation works at Turner Gardens, Lockleaze.
£43,329 for garage / asbestos removal at Rowlandson Gardens,
Lockleaze.
This capital grant funding will unlock and accelerate the release
of these local authority owned sites for Community Led
Housing.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Following support at EDM on March
22nd CEO approval is required to submit two funding bids to the
Brownfield Land Release Fund which will enable remediation of two
brownfield sites in Bristol for Community-led affordable housing
projects.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 29/03/2023
Date of decision: 24/03/2023