Decision details

To consider a report Cabinet Member for Housing seeking the commencement of repairs and refurbishment for works defined within the approved 5 year plan.

(i)  To bring forward to 2011/12 £1,634K of expenditure that was originally scheduled for 2012/13 in the HRA 5 year Capital Plan that was approved by Council on the 16^th November 2011 as part of the “Reform of Council Housing Finance“ paper.

(ii)  To approve in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules spend against schemes in the HRA 5 year Capital Plan as detailed in the table below

1. Financial Procedure Rules require that all schemes with a total value of more than £200,000 be approved by the appropriate Cabinet Member before they can proceed.  Schemes over £500,000 need to be approved by Cabinet.
2. Including sums in the Capital Programme does not give authority to spend the money.  This is done by a separate scheme approval process.  Financial Procedure Rules require that all schemes with a total of more than £500,000 be approved by Cabinet before they can proceed.

1. There have been various consultation meetings with tenants’ groups and leaseholders during the last 6 months with regard to the proposed programme of capital expenditure associated with the Housing Revenue Account (HRA).
2. These works form part of the recently approved 5 year plan (formally approved in November 2011).
3. The alternative option of not undertaking the works listed would leave the Council’s homes and surrounding areas in their present condition and would not accord with the views expressed during the consultation process or with the Council’s policies of providing homes that comply with the 4 new headings which are; Modern Facilities, Well Maintained Communal Facilities, Warm and Energy Efficient and Safe, Wind and Weather Tight.