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King Street Carpark

Meeting: 16/12/2020 - Policy and Resources Committee (Item 105)

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Minutes:

The Housing Development Officer introduced the report, with the development proposed to compromise of 16 residential units with either one or two bedrooms, of which six would be provided at social rent. Four parking spaces would be lost, due to the under-croft parking made available through the scheme’s design.

 

Modern methods of construction were proposed to minimise disruption during construction, through the LHC framework that would be produced off-site and reduce the amount of parking bays to be temporarily closed. 33 parking bays would be closed for approximately 13 weeks, followed by the facility’s full closure for a further three weeks.

 

ZPODS had been chosen as the preferred contractor following a procurement exercise. It was noted that the homes had been designed to have low energy and carbon usage and low running costs. Solar panels would be fitted on the units.

 

In response to questions, the Housing Delivery Manager confirmed that residents would be able to park their vehicles for free outside of the car parks operating hours. A contingency budget of between 10-15% had been set aside for the delivery of the scheme.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

1.  The part redevelopment of the King Street Car Park, as per the new proposed design scheme shown in Appendix 1 to the report be agreed and that the indicative financial returns shown at Exempt Appendix 2 to the report, be noted;

 

2.  The Director of Finance and Business Improvement be granted delegated authority to appoint and enter into a Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) pre-contract services agreement (PCSA) with the preferred contractor ZPODS for the stage 1 (pre-consultation phase) works to King Street Car Park;

 

3.  The Director of Finance and Business Improvement be granted delegated authority to enter into a JCT design and build works contract with the preferred contractor ZPODS for the stage 2 (construction phase) works to King Street Car Park, subject to satisfactory performance, a viable scheme and planning consent being achieved in Stage 1;

 

4.  The Director of Finance and Business Improvement be granted delegated authority to grant such lease(s) of the property as necessary on terms to be agreed and authorise the completion of such lease(s) and all ancillary deeds and agreements and the Head of Mid Kent Legal Services be authorised to complete the necessary legal formalities for such lease(s) in due course;

 

5.  The Head of Mid Kent Legal Services be authorised to instruct and appoint the solicitors required and to complete the necessary contract documentation and agreements associated with the works and consultancy provided for King Street Car Park, on the terms as agreed by the Director of Finance and Business Improvement; and

 

6.  The relevant Ward Members be involved with the development and delivery of this project in relation to the local community.