Decision details

To provide an update on progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme and to recommend that land at Booth Street (Edgeley) is released for the development of a new care home at Booth Street as it is critical to the success of the Programme.

The Executive considered an update on the implementation of the Borough Care Investment Programme, including proposed revision to the programme and agreed that:-

•        the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with Executive Councillors (Reform & Governance) and (Adult Social Care), be authorised to progress the asset transactions identified at 5.2 of the report and to authorise the Head of Legal Services to draw up and execute on behalf of the Council all necessary legal agreements and leases and any other legal documentation required to implement this decision;

•        approval be given to the development of a masterplan for Booth Street to accommodate the care home, additional housing and other uses as appropriate and;

•        approval be given to Option 2 programme identified at 4.3.1 of the report to replace Bamford with a new 78 bed care home and simultaneously extend and remodel Reinbek with partial occupation throughout;

•        annual updates on the progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme be provided to both the Adult Care Services & Housing Scrutiny and Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committees; and

•        authorisation be given to amend the Alliance Agreement to deliver this project.

 (Note: the report included a ‘not for publication’ appendix that had been circulated to executive councillors only)

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