Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

The report sets out what Stockport Homes will deliver during the period 2014-2015; how it and the Council will work together and how tenants, the Council and other stakeholders can measure the success of Stockport Homes in achieving its objectives. The document is an appendix to the Management Agreement between Stockport Homes and the Council and sets all the outputs of Stockport Homes, the key performance requirement of the services and includes the performance standards expected. The objectives and targets detailed within the Delivery Plan are directly in line with the Council’s Housing Strategy and aims to contribute towards the Council’s wider strategic priorities. The Delivery Plan also details the financial, staffing and governance resources required to enable Stockport Homes to deliver the services with skill, care and diligence.

This report had been deferred from the 3 March 2014 meeting of the Scrutiny Committee pending the resubmission of a revised report to include those figures which had been omitted from the Delivery Plan resulting from the 2013/14 year end data not being available at the time of publication.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to consider and comment on the Stockport Homes Delivery Plan 2014-15 and note the report.

Officer contact: Andy Kippax on 474 4319 or email: andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out what Stockport Homes would deliver during the period 2014-2015; how it and the Council would work together and how tenants, the Council and other stakeholders could measure the success of Stockport Homes in achieving those objectives.

The Chair reported that this item had been deferred from the 3 March 2014 meeting of the Scrutiny Committee pending the resubmission of a revised report to include those figures which had been omitted from the Delivery Plan resulting from the 2013/14 year end data having not been available at the time of publication.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·        In making a decision on whether to make an adaption to a property or to rehouse a tenant to a more suitable property, the needs of the tenant needed to be balanced against Stockport Homes’ ability to make the most of the available housing stock.

·        The first cohort of users of the Supporting Families Programme tended not to be tenants of Stockport Homes.

·        A discussion took place in relation to the current and potential future sources of fuel for Stockport Homes’ biomass boilers.

·        It was noted that Stockport Homes had recently assumed responsibility for the management of a number of the Council’s community centres, and further details were requested on the location, status and future alternative uses of these buildings.

·        The need to assess the impact of the Delivery Plan was commented upon.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Communities & Sustainability)

The Delivery Plan (attached) sets out what Stockport Homes will deliver during the period 2014-2015; how it and the Council will work together and how tenants, the Council and other stakeholders can measure the success of Stockport Homes in achieving its objectives. The document is an appendix to the Management Agreement between Stockport Homes and the Council and sets all the outputs of Stockport Homes, the key performance requirement of the services and includes the performance standards expected. The objectives and targets detailed within the Delivery Plan are directly in line with the Council’s Housing Strategy and aims to contribute towards the Council’s wider strategic priorities. The Delivery Plan also details the financial, staffing and governance resources required to enable Stockport Homes to deliver the services with skill, care and diligence.

The Executive is recommended to approve the Stockport Homes Delivery Plan

Officer contact: Andy Kippax,  0161 474 4319, andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Communities & Sustainability) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Executive Meeting to consider the 2014-15 Stockport Homes Delivery Plan that set out what Stockport Homes would deliver in the year and the measures of success for  achieving its objectives. The objectives and targets detailed within the Delivery Plan were aligned with the Council’s Housing Strategy and would contribute towards the Council’s wider strategic priorities.

The Executive Councillor (Communities & Sustainability) stated that because the report had been brought to the Executive in advance of the start of the new financial year, following feedback about the approach taken in previous years, there remained some outturn data outstanding from the report. He recommended that the Executive delegate the final decision to adopt the Plan to himself and the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration once all the data was available.

RESOLVED – That approval be given in principal to the draft Stockport Homes Delivery Plan 2014-15, and that Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration, in conjunction with the Executive Councillor (Communities & Sustainability) be authorised to approval the final Plan once all relevant performance data had been received from Stockport Homes.

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

The report sets out what Stockport Homes will deliver during the period 2014-2015; how it and the Council will work together and how tenants, the Council and other stakeholders can measure the success of Stockport Homes in achieving its objectives. The document is an appendix to the Management Agreement between Stockport Homes and the Council and sets all the outputs of Stockport Homes, the key performance requirement of the services and includes the performance standards expected. The objectives and targets detailed within the Delivery Plan are directly in line with the Council’s Housing Strategy and aims to contribute towards the Council’s wider strategic priorities. The Delivery Plan also details the financial, staffing and governance resources required to enable Stockport Homes to deliver the services with skill, care and diligence.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to consider and comment on the Stockport Homes Delivery Plan 2014-15 and note the report.

Officer contact: Andy Kippax on 474 4319 or email: andy.kippax@stockport.gov.uk

RESOLVED – That consideration of this item be deferred to a future meeting of the Scrutiny Committee pending the resubmission of a revised report to include those figures which had been omitted from the Delivery Plan resulting from the 2013/14 year end data not being available at the time of publication.