Agenda - HAC Committee 221123
West Dunbartonshire Council · 22 November 2023
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Agenda Housing and Communities Committee Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023 ___________________________________________________________________ Time: 10:00 ___________________________________________________________________ Format: Hybrid Meeting ___________________________________________________________________ Contact: Email: nicola.moorcroft@west-dunbarton.gov.uk committee.admin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk Dear Member Please attend a meeting of the Housing and Communities Committee as detailed above. Members will have the option to attend the meeting remotely or in person at the Civic Space, 16 Church Street, Dumbarton, G82 1QL. The business is shown on the attached agenda. Yours faithfully PETER HESSETT Chief Executive
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Distribution:- Councillor Ian Dickson Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal (Chair) Councillor David McBride Councillor Jonathan McColl Councillor Michelle McGinty Councillor Jim McElhill Councillor John Millar Councillor Lawrence O’Neill Councillor Lauren Oxley Councillor Martin Rooney Councillor Hazel Sorrell (Vice Chair) Councillor Sophie Traynor All other Councillors for information Chief Executive Chief Officer – Housing and Employability Chief Officer – Regulation and Regeneration Date issued: 9 November 2023 Audio Streaming Audio recordings of the meeting (including the attendance or contribution of any party participating or making a contribution) will be published on the Council’s website and the Council’s host’s webcast/audio stream platform. You should be aware that the Council is a Data Controller under the General Data Protection Regulation. Data collected during this audio stream will be retained in accordance with the Council’s Privacy Notice* and Retention Schedules including, but not limited to, for the purpose of keeping historical records and making those records available via the Council’s internet site. *http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/privacy/privacy-notice/
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HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2023 AGENDA 1 STATEMENT BY CHAIR – AUDIO STREAMING The Chair will be heard in connection with the above. 2 APOLOGIES 3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are invited to declare if they have an interest in any of the items of business on this agenda and the reasons for such declarations. 4 RECORDING OF VOTES The Committee is asked to agree that all votes taken during the meeting be done by roll call vote to ensure an accurate record. 5 OPEN FORU.M The Committee is asked to note that no open forum questions have been submitted by members of the public. 6 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 7 - 13 Submit for approval, as correct records, the following Minutes of Meetings of the Housing and Communities Committee: (a) Ordinary meeting – 23 August; and (b) Special meeting – 25 October 2023. 7 SCRUTINY REPORTS (A) POLICE SCRUTINY REPORT 15 - 25 Submit report by the Divisional Commander, Police Scotland providing Members with an update for Quarter 2 (April – September 2023) on local policing in West Dunbartonshire.
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(B) FIRE AND RESCUE SCRUTINY REPORT 27 - 36 Submit report by the Local Senior Officer, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service providing and update on Quarter 2 performance data measured against priorities in the West Dunbartonshire Local Fire and Rescue Plan. 8 HOUSING AND EMPLOYABILITY DELIVERY PLAN 2023/24 37 - 65 MID-YEAR REPORT Submit report by the Chief Officer, Housing and Employability, providing the Housing and Employability Delivery Plan for 2023/24 mid-year progress report. 9 MORE HOMES WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE - WEST 67 - 77 DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY DELIVERY PROGRAMME Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability providing an update on progress with West Dunbartonshire’s More Homes Programme, which oversees the delivery of the Council’s new home building programme. 10 SCOTTISH SOCIAL HOUSING CHARTER/REGULATION 79 - 86 OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN SCOTLAND, UPDATE REPORT Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability providing a mid-year update in terms of how the Council is performing against the Scottish Social Housing Charter indicators and an update into how the Council is meeting the requirements of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s Regulatory Framework. 11 LOCAL HOUSING STRATEGY 2022-27 ANNUAL 87 - 97 PROGRESS REPORT Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability providing a progress report on the West Dunbartonshire Local Housing Strategy 2022 – 2027. 12/
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12 STRATEGIC HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN 99 - 130 2024/25 - 2028/29 Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability seeking approval for the More Homes West Dunbartonshire Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2024/25 – 2028/29 which requires to be submitted to the Scottish Government. 13 REVIEW OF WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE AFFORDALE 131 - 174 HOUSING DESIGN STANDARD Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability seeking approval for a revision to the current West Dunbartonshire Design Standard for Housing Supported by the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, which has been in place since April 2019, to improve the quality of new affordable homes being built in West Dunbartonshire. 14 HOME AT THE HEART 2019-24 - WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE’S 175 - 195 RAPID RE-HOUSING TRANSITION PLAN UPDATE AND NEW APPROACHES TO HOMELESSNESS PROGRESS REPORT Submit report by the Chief Officer – Housing and Employability providing an update on “Home at the Heart” – West Dunbartonshire’s Rapid Re-housing Transition Plan (RRTP) for the period 2019-24 and new approaches to homelessness. 15 HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT BUDGET CONTROL 197 - 216 REPORT 2023/24 TO 31 AUGUST (PERIOD 5) Submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources providing an update on the financial performance to 31 August 2023 (Period 5) of the HRA revenue and capital budgets for 2023/24. 16 GENERAL FUND HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES FINANCIAL 217 - 226 REPORT 2023/24 PERIOD 5 (31 AUGUST 2023) Submit report by the Chief Officer – Resources providing an update on the financial performance to 31 August 2023 (Period 5) of General Fund services under the auspices of the Housing and Communities Committee.