Issue - meetings

Following the award of a “Fit for Purpose” accreditation from the Government Office in March last year for the Council’s new Housing Strategy document for the period 2006-2011, the Head of Strategic Housing submitted an update report outlining progress that had been made one year on against the Action Plan set out in that document.  In this regard, it was reported that there were 104 Actions contained within the Plan and that, of these Actions, 67% were shown with a green light, 23% as amber, and 10% as red.

RESOLVED:

(1)       that, on the Action headed “Develop in-house skills of Planning Officers upon Urban designs and the construction of Development Briefs/Consider sharing services with other Councils to achieve savings”, the Head of Strategic Housing liaise with the Head of Planning and Environment Services to determine whether this matter should be given a revised date, or whether it should be deleted from the Action Plan as it was considered no longer relevant due to a change in circumstances; and

(2)       that, in all other respects, the Progress Report be noted.

RECOMMENDED: that, on future reports, actions should be prioritised (perhaps by the inclusion of an additional column showing High, Medium or Low Priority).