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Shortlist of Projects for Brownfield Housing Fund and Net Zero Fund

Meeting: 13/03/2023 - Joint Devolution Committee (Item 16)

16 Shortlisting of Brownfield Housing Fund Programme Expressions of Interest - Report of the Chief Operating Officer, York and North Yorkshire LEP pdf icon PDF 298 KB

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A report by James Farrar, Chief Operating Officer, York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership regarding the Shortlisting of Brownfield Housing Fund Programme Expressions of Interest (EoIs).

 

Appendix A to the report is confidential.  The committee Chair, County Councillor Carl Les, previously indicated that the public would only be excluded should there be a need to discuss the Appendix itself.

 

Helen Simpson, Chair of York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, left the room during the discussions on this agenda item having declared an interest with regard to this agenda item on the basis that she is the Chair of Broadacres (Housing Association) and the Chair of the Local Enterprise Partnership.

 

James Farrar introduced the report and gave an overview of the key points, as summarised below:

 

·         The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority will be awarded £12.7m of devolved capital funding across 2023-24 and 2024-25

·         At the meeting of the committee on 30 November 2023, the interim process was agreed

·         The call for Expressions of Interest was launched on 3 January 2023 and the closing date was 6 February 2023

·         The Expressions of Interest have been assessed and are as detailed in Appendix A to the report, which is confidential

·         The shortlisted Expressions of Interest can proceed to the Full Business Case stage, with the approval of the committee, by 31 May 2023

·         By November 2023, the awards can go ahead ‘at risk’ until such time as the Mayoral Combined Authority is established.  This is being done to maximise the preparedness of projects to deliver by March 2025

·         Everything is being done to ensure that developers have the maximum amount of time available for the build

·         There are opportunities for further funding through Homes England and so there is a strong incentive to take through as many Expressions of Interest as possible through to Full Business Case.

 

The voting members of the committee indicated their unanimous support for the recommendations in the report.

 

Resolved –

 

That the Joint Committee agrees the approach specified in the recommendations of the report.

 

Helen Simpson, Chair of York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, re-joined the meeting at this point.