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A supplementary grant award to Curo for development of land at Imperial Park, Wills Way Bristol BS13 7TJ to support cost associated with meeting Bristol Heat Hierarchy requirements
Decision Maker: Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Mayor of Bristol has set out the objective
of delivering 2,000 new homes per year, of which 1000 new
affordable homes shall be delivered per year by 2023/24. In
response to this the Council allocated £57m for the Council
to provide grants to Registered Providers and other eligible
organisations for affordable homes for rent or supplementary grants
to: promote Zero Carbon affordable homes, adopt modular housing and
incentivise the building of wheelchair user bungalows. This is the
27nd round of grant funding by the Council under the delegated
authority scheme agreed by Cabinet on 2nd April 2019.
Decision:
Approve the allocation of supplementary grant
to Curo Housing Association of £700,000 to support Heat
Hierarchy requirements for the development of 70 affordable homes
from the Affordable Housing Funding Budget, made under the
delegated authority for grant payments (including those in excess
of £0.5m) to support the delivery of housing approved by
Cabinet on 7th March 2017.
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - All the grant proposals from
Registered Providers (including this one) were assessed by an
Officer Panel and moderated through Pro Contract.
Option 2 -
Option 3 -
Publication date: 05/01/2022
Date of decision: 21/12/2021