Minute of Meeting of Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee of 25 March 2026 for Approval
Perth and Kinross Council · 3 June 2026
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HOUSING AND SOCIAL WELLBEING COMMITTEE Minute of hybrid meeting of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee held in the Council Chambers, 2 High Street, Perth, on 25 March 2026 at 09.30am. Present: Bailies C Ahern, R Brock, C McLaren, Councillors P Barrett, B Brawn, A Forbes, I James, I MacPherson, C Mair, S McCole, T McEwan, F Smith, C Stewart, G Stewart (substituting for Bailie M Williamson) and J Welch. In Attendance: E Ritchie, Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities; S Merone, Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning; M Smith, J Kent (both Housing and Communities); N Sworowski, J Ross, K Easton, J Barnsley, P Jarratt (all Economy, Development and Planning), S Coyle (Housing and Communities), C MacLeod, S Hendry, J Guild, E Ferguson and M Pasternak (all Legal and Governance). Also in Attendance: Perth and Kinross Service Delivery Inspector, D Division (Tayside) S Gray (up to Item 6). Apologies: Bailie M Williamson. Councillor T McEwan, Convener, Presiding. 1. Welcome and Apologies Councillor T McEwan welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were noted as above. Councillor T McEwan and Members of the Committee paid tribute to the recent passing of colleague Michelle Dow. 2. Declarations of Interest There were no Declaration of Interests in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. Minute of Previous Meeting The minute of the meeting of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee of 21 January 2026 was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. Outstanding Business Statement The Outstanding Business Statement was noted, and it was agreed to remove the completed actions.
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5. Enhanced Community Policing Model Inspector S Gray of Police Scotland provided a slide-based presentation and answered Members’ questions thereon. Resolved: The content of the presentation, be noted. 6. UK Town of Culture There was submitted a report by Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning (26/74) (1) providing an update on the UK Town of Culture 2028 competition which is being run by the UK Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), and (2) seeking Committee’s approval to support the expressions of interest to the competition from Crieff (via Creative Crieff) and Pitlochry (via Pitlochry Community Action Trust). Resolved: (i) Officers have been informed by Creative Crieff and the Pitlochry Community Action Trust of their intention to submit Expressions of Interest to the UK Town of Culture 2028 competition for Crieff and Pitlochry respectively, and that Officers are working collaboratively with both organisations to support the development of their submissions, be noted. (ii) Perth and Kinross Council will support the submission of both Expressions of interest and provide Officers’ assistance as required, be agreed. (iv) Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning, be asked to report back to a future meeting of the Committee or the Council. 7. Mid-Market Rent Proposals There was submitted a report by Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities and Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning (26/75) seeking (1) approval of Mid-Market Rent as an additional affordable housing model for the Council. In addition, to the extent it is within the Committee’s remit to do so, (2) approval of a recommendation to establish a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) to enable the Council to directly deliver Mid-Market Rent, beginning with an initial tranche of 13 new homes at Westfields, Rattray. Resolved: (i) Mid-Market Rent (MMR) is adopted as an affordable housing model for the Council, delivered through a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), be agreed. (ii) The proposal of the Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning, in consultation with the Strategic Lead – Legal and Governance, to prepare a further report to the Council setting out the detail of the proposal for approval at a future meeting, be noted. (iii) The Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning in consultation with the Strategic Lead – Finance and Business Support, be authorised to submit to full Council a proposal to borrow £1.38m from the general fund and
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then lend this to the LLP to acquire 13 new build affordable homes at Westfields, Rattray, subject to satisfactory due diligence and acceptable security arrangements. (iv) The Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning, be required to report on the progress to Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee at a future meeting.