Decision details

To seek approval to convert two semi-detached houses (2 x 3 bedroom) into a six-bedroom house with an additional one-bedroom flat.

AGREED that the Portfolio Holder for Housing:

1.       Approves the conversion of these properties and that £140,000 be included in the current HRA Investment Programme in 2025/26, financed from the MRR;

2.       To note the rent remodelling associated with the conversion; and

3.       To note the direct offer of the six-bedroom property to a family of nine to alleviate current overcrowding.

The recommendations enable the Council, as a responsible landlord to alleviate the acute overcrowding of this family, whilst also adding a large unit of accommodation to our stock.

A move to alternative accommodation was not considered as the Council has a limited stock of larger family accommodation, and none that would be suitable for a family of this size on the Sherwood side of the district.

We have previously carried out conversions of this nature in Newark; both properties are fully tenanted, and we are currently in the process of doing a similar conversion at Boughton for another family of nine.