To seek Cabinet approval for (a) the re-purposing of a Council owned property at 48 London Road (currently used to provide Youth Support services under the council’s Youth Support Services contract) by converting it into a 5 bedroomed Children’s Residential Home and 3 staying close flats as part of the delivery of the Council’s Sufficiency Strategy Home@theHeart 2022-2026; and (b) to seek delegated authority to procure building works for the purpose carrying out such conversion works and (c) to procure day-to-day delivery of accommodation and support services, with 24/7 staffing, to support the young people who will be living in this property.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure > £500,000 and 2 Divisions affected;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 20/02/2023
Decision due: 29 Mar 2023 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cllr Stephen Davies, Cabinet Member for Children’s SafeGuarding and Early Years
Contact: Chris Spencer, Director of Children's Services Email: chris.spencer@gloucestershire.gov.uk.