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3rd Sector Request for Retail Premises at 39 Grosvenor Street

 

 

Meeting: 16/04/2013 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Report of the Cabinet Member Finance

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED THAT

 

  1. The recommendation of the 3rd Sector Panel be accepted and that the Director of Resources be authorised to administer a rent reduction of 80% against the new rent of £7,500pa associated with a new lease to be granted to Cheltenham Open Door by Cheltenham Borough Council.

 

  1. Cheltenham Borough Homes be requested to fund a further discretionary allowance of 20% upon the rent as recommended by the Assessment Panel.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member Finance introduced the report and explained that the Council had received a request from Cheltenham Open Door that consideration be given to agreeing a rent subsidy for its project at 39 Grosvenor Street. The project satisfied 3 of the Council’s key objectives and the 3rd sector panel recommended that a rent reduction of 80% be granted. Open Door was, in the Cabinet Member’s view, an excellent charity which focussed on housing needs and other associated problems and relied greatly on volunteers and voluntary funding. The Cabinet Member suggested that due the contribution of Open Door to those in housing need Cheltenham Borough Homes should be approached to cover the discretionary element recommended by the Assessment Panel.

 

Members agreed that Open Door undertook excellent and valuable work which was vital in the light of welfare reform changes. They welcomed the suggestion to approach CBH for the discretionary element. The Leader of the Council added that CBH had adopted Open Door as charity of the year.

 

In the light of the discussion above the recommendations were amended to include the request to CBH to provide the discretionary element.

 

RESOLVED THAT

 

  1. The recommendation of the 3rd Sector Panel be accepted and that the Director of Resources be authorised to administer a rent reduction of 80% against the new rent of £7,500pa associated with a new lease to be granted to Cheltenham Open Door by Cheltenham Borough Council.

 

  1. Cheltenham Borough Homes be requested to fund a further discretionary allowance of 20% upon the rent as recommended by the Assessment Panel.