Issue - meetings

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

The report details the Mid-Year Portfolio Performance and Resource Report for the Communities and Housing Portfolio for consideration by the Committee. This provides a summary of progress in delivering the portfolio priorities, reform programme and other key projects in the first half of the year, with a particular focus on the second quarter (July to September). It includes forecast performance and financial data (where this is available) for the Portfolio, along with an update on the portfolio savings programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:

·         Consider the Mid-Year Portfolio Performance and Resource Report; 

·         Review the progress against delivering key projects, priority outcomes, targets and budgets for 2017/18;

·         Highlight key areas of and responsibility for taking forward corrective action to address any performance or resource issues;

·         Highlight any significant issues or changes to be fed back to the Cabinet alongside the Corporate Performance and Resource Report;

·         Identify how areas of strong performance and good practice can be shared in other services.

Officer contact: Alan Lawson on 0161 474 5397 or email: alan.lawson@stockport.gov.uk

Officer contact: Kora Yohannan on 0161 474 4032 or email: kora.yohannan@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the mid-year portfolio performance and resources report for the Communities and Housing Portfolio.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The commitment to build 600 affordable homes over two years was on

target with 300 being forecast to be completed this municipal year.

·         Councillors welcomed the start of the accelerated tree-planting programme that had begun across the borough. The first tree was planted last week and another 450 trees will be planted along highways across Stockport over the winter planting season.

·         Fly-tipping incidents continued to see an upward trend over the last four years and investigations were being carried out to identify hotspots where regular fly tipping occurs across the Borough.

·         Councillors expressed concern in respect to C&H2.2 and C&H2.3, litter and detritus on the highways, both of which were below target. Councillors were informed that these concerns were being discussed with TLC in order to put in place actions to bring the scores into line with the targets.

·         Councillors welcomed the information supplied relating to empty property statistics which were excellent.

·         Opportunities to develop lessons learnt from the Brinnington Regeneration Scheme throughout the rest of the Borough.

RESOLVED – That the report noted.