Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Borough Solicitor.

The Leader introduced the report of the Borough Solicitor which set out the resolution of the Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 28 March 2019 in relation to an item referred back to Cabinet by the Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Leaseholder Properties and the Planning Process. 

The report included the joint comments of the Director of Planning and Regeneration and the Borough Solicitor in respect of the decision of the Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee. 

The Leader moved a motion which was seconded and had been circulated at the meeting. 

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the motion from the Leader and the details as set out in the report before it and accepted the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED              That the Borough Solicitor, in consultation with the Leader, be requested to examine potential for any further measures that might be invoked, within existing legislation, which might reduce the onerous terms of the kind of leaseholds which are of concern to members and in this regard the Borough Solicitor be authorised to seek external advice to assist consideration with the costs to be met from within existing budgets.

To consider the report of the Borough Solicitor.

Consideration was given to the report of the Borough Solicitor contained on pages 931 to 938 of the Book of Reports, which advised on the reason for the call in of the decision on Leasehold Properties and the Planning Process, set out in Minute No.100 of the Cabinet Meeting held on 12 March 2019.

RESOLVED:     That the decision set out in Minute No. 100 'Leasehold Properties and the Planning Process', of the Cabinet meeting held on 12 March 2019, be referred back to Cabinet (as the decision making body) for reconsideration, asking it to make a different decision, as follows:

”That Cabinet asks the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader, to examine potential for any further measures that might be invoked, within existing legislation, which might reduce the onerous terms of  the kind of leaseholds which are of concern to members."

(Portfolio Holder: Councillor J Hodson)       

The Leader introduced the report of the Director of Development and Regeneration which advised upon the Council’s ability to restrict the development of further leasehold homes through the planning process.

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the details as set out in the report before it and accepted the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED              That the report be noted.