Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the new flats at Great Arthur House, Golden Lane Estate, and the relocation of Estate staff. 

The Assistant Director, Housing and Neighbourhoods, advised that further consultation would be carried out in early November on the provision of the three flats and the location of the Estate Office, and the results would be reported back to either the next Committee or the one after. Staff would be moved into the office as soon as possible after that.  Members noted that consultation was in respect of the final design and not on the proposal to provide the flats. If the tender stage could be reached by the end of the year, this would allow construction to start in February/March 2019 and completion by the end of 2019. The Gateway report would provide a clear timeline.

The Chairman referred to comments received from a Member who was not in attendance and had not been granted a dispensation to speak on this matter. Members noted that the floor issue within one of the proposed flats, within Great Arthur House, did not change the need to carry out further investigations as to how the property could best be converted. The proposal to hold a separate meeting for social tenants was endorsed, noting that lease holders would also have their own meeting.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.