A series of houses and plots of land across Liverpool are to be disposed of by the city council to make way for hundreds of new homes.
Should its cabinet agree, Liverpool Council will move to dispose of nine properties on Oakfield Road in Anfield to Your Housing Group (YHG) which will act as a development manager for Homebaked Community Land Trust (CLT) to deliver housing in the area. Plans were agreed back in July last year, however amendments are now needed to extend the period required for refurbishment and securing of necessary funding.
The cabinet is also expected to sign off on the disposal of land on Grove Street and grant 999-year leases to a housing firm with a view to more than 300 new apartments being built.
In July last year, the council signed off on plans for a 150-year lease to be granted to YHG for the delivery of new homes for just £1 subject to social value and well-being terms. Among those involved were Homebaked CLT - a not-for-profit, community-based organisation delivering facilities and environmentally sustainable homes at affordable rental levels.
Over the last decade, Homebaked CLT has been a catalyst for community-led regeneration in Anfield and Everton and has set up a bakery at the end of Oakfield Road which has proved popular with Liverpool FC fans on match days. Original terms agreed last year required YHG to pay almost £250,000 to the council had it not disposed of the properties to Homebaked within three years of the lease being granted and refurbishment being completed in the same time frame.
That requirement of payment will no longer be required and five years will be granted for the completion of necessary works, should cabinet agree next Friday.
In disposing of the land on Grove Street, the council is expected to grant 999-year leases to Regenda Housing - replacing its existing 99-year terms signed in 1975 - and its subsidiary Redwing, which focuses primarily on first time buyers. Council documents said a separate lease would allow Regenda to deliver market rent and sale of properties aside from its core social housing responsibilities.
Regenda has been granted planning permission to demolish 144 existing apartments and erect six buildings ranging from three to nine storeys creating 305 residential units with commercial space, parking and landscaping. The 305 new apartments will comprise a mix of social rent, rent to buy, private rental and outright sale.
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