Development of a Package Deal for the provision of affordable housing in Pembroke Dock

Tender description

Pembrokeshire County Council (the Council) has identified a development opportunity at the former Cleddau Bridge Hotel site at Pembroke Dock (the Site) which it considers suitable to deliver housing on. The Site was up for sale for some time but has been purchased from a third party by Port Talbot Developments SPV1 Ltd (PTDSPV), a company which is 100% owned by Castell Group Limited (CGL) and which has recently obtained planning permission for the site. CGL is 80% owned by Property Brothers Limited and 20% owned by Clive Hill Ltd. Property Brothers Ltd is 100% owned by Dorian Payne. CGL has approached the Council with a proposal for bringing about development of the Site as described in this notice. CGL’s proposal is that, CGL’s delivery arm, Castell Construction Ltd (CCL) which is 80% owned by Dorian Payne and 20% by Clive Hill Ltd will develop the Site for affordable and social housing (circa 35 units) to Welsh Design Quality Requirements (WDQR) standard. Continued in II.2.4 Lot 1: CGL requires the Council to (i) agree and complete a contract for the purchase of the Site from PTDSPV; and (ii) immediately following its acquisition of the Site, enter into a JCT Design and Build contract (the ‘Contract’) with CCL for the delivery of housing on the Site subject to compliance with planning permission dated 13th December 2024, ref 24/0724/PA. The arrangement will result in the Council placing a legally enforceable obligation on CCL to commence and deliver housing on the Site in accordance with agreed specification requirements as set out in the Contract, which the Council will pay CCL for. The Council will take ownership of the completed housing outputs to be delivered on the Site Additional information: The Council, relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) intends to award a contract to CCL for the delivery of housing on the Site (as described in this notice). Further information on this is set out in Annex D1.