Issue - meetings

In accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman has agreed that this item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency, because the Council needs to enter into a contract as soon as possible in order to mitigate against the serious risk of losing Right To Buy receipts back to the Treasury in December 2019.  The report is due to be submitted to Cabinet on 4 September 2019 and needs to be considered at this meeting as a matter of urgency in order to enable the Committee’s comments on the report to be presented to Cabinet.

In accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman had agreed that this item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency, because the Council needed to enter into a contract as soon as possible in order to mitigate against the serious risk of losing Right To Buy receipts back to H.M. Treasury in December 2019. 

The Scrutiny and Overview Committee considered the report that had been drafted for submission to Cabinet on 4 September 2019. The Committee needed to review the report at the current meeting so that its comments could be conveyed to Cabinet.

The Scrutiny and Overview Committee sought further information and assurances at the meeting in relation to:

·         The quality of construction materials

·         The precise number of units involved

·         Buildings performance

·         Procurement

·         Benchmarking

·         Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Having considered all the information presented, the Scrutiny and Overview Committee agreed to support  recommendations 4 (a) – (c) relating to the purchase of affordable homes as outlined in the restricted report of the Interim Chief Executive.

The Committee also supported the proposal to amend the limit for executive decisions by the Lead Cabinet Member, with decisions above that level being referred to Cabinet, as outlined in recommendation 4 (d) of the restricted report.