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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Cabinet/Committee Room, 52 Derby Street, Ormskirk L39 2DF

Contact: John Addison 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor M Mills.

2.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE

To be apprised of any changes to the membership of the Committee in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.

Minutes:

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 2, Members noted the termination of membership of the Committee of Councillor M Mills and the appointment of Councillor D Evans, for this meeting only, thereby giving effect to the wishes of the Political Groups.

3.

URGENT BUSINESS, IF ANY, INTRODUCED BY THE CHAIRMAN

Note:  No other business is permitted unless, by reason of special circumstances, which shall be specified at the meeting, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency.

 

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

 

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 299 KB

If a member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Borough Solicitor in advance of the meeting.  (For the assistance of members a checklist for use in considering their position on any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet.)

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

5.

DECLARATIONS OF PARTY WHIP

In accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rule 16, Members must declare the existence of any Party Whip, and the nature of it, when considering any matter in the following categories:

 

-       The review of any decision of the Cabinet or

-       The performance of any Member of the Cabinet

 

N.B. The Secretary of State believes whipping is incompatible with Overview and Scrutiny.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of a Party Whip.

 

6.

PUBLIC SPEAKING pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Residents of West Lancashire on giving notice, may address the meeting to make representations on any item on the agenda except where the public and press are to be excluded during consideration of the item.  The deadline for submissions is 10.00am on Friday.  A copy of the public speaking protocol and form to be completed is attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

There were no items under this heading.

 

7.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 284 KB

To receive as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 29th March 2018.

Minutes:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 March 2018 be received as a correct record.

 

 

8.

RELEVANT MINUTES OF CABINET pdf icon PDF 289 KB

To scrutinise the Minutes of Cabinet held on 12 June 2018.

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the Minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 12 June 2018.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the Cabinet meetings held on 12 June 2018 be noted.

9.

CALL-IN

There are no items under this heading.

 

Minutes:

There were no items under this heading. 

 

10.

HOUSING ALLOCATIONS AND PET POLICIES - CONSULTATION FEEDBACK pdf icon PDF 244 KB

For the Committee to consider a report from the Director for Housing and Inclusion on feedback received during the public consultation on proposed amendments to the Housing Allocations Policy and the proposed introduction of a Pet Policy.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Housing and Inclusion provided Members with feedback received during public consultation on proposed amendments to the Housing Allocations Policy and the proposed introduction of a Pet Policy.

 

It was reported that the Draft Housing Allocations Policy and Pet Policy had been considered at Cabinet, Landlord Services Committee & Executive Overview and Scrutiny Committee in January 2018. Following which a 7 week public consultation exercise was undertaken from 1 February 2018.

 

Members were provided with an update on the feedback the Council had received, with the Committee noting that some minor amendments to the policy had been made to comply with requirements of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Committee noted the feedback received during public consultation on proposed amendments to the Housing Allocations Policy and the proposed introduction of a Pet Policy.