The Cabinet agreed to officers commissioning
work in order to present to Cabinet an evaluation of the different
procurement and partnership options that are available to the
Council for delivering the required and potentially other
developments.
The Cabinet agreed to the preparation of an outline business case
for the phased development of Shaws Wood for approval.
The Cabinet agreed to the preparation of a service specification
and outline business case for the Woodlands development, for
Cabinet to approve, and the exploration of using the health
flexibilities legislation to enable the whole site to be managed by
a lead partner.
The Cabinet agreed to the outline proposals for phase 2
developments as detailed in the draft Commissioning Plan (Appendix
2 of the report), that will enable other sites used or owned by the
Council to be redeveloped to provide more services of a higher
quality, for older people.
The Cabinet agreed to recommend to Council the virement of
£400,000 from the Shaws Wood scheme to meet the costs of the
project team and the commissioning of specialist work essential to
the delivery of the agreed programme.