Brent Full Council will be asked to vote for a plan to raise £10m to address fire safety concerns in the borough.
The officers' recommendation states:
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The officers' recommendation states:
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1.
Full
Council to agree a £10m increase to the 2017/18 Capital Programme to meet the
cost of enhancing the fire safety measures in the Council’s housing stock, to
be financed initially by additional borrowing.
2.
Full
Council asks the Chief Executive to write to the Government as a matter of
urgency:
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2.1
If recommendation 1 is agreed to request that Government provide direct
financial support to meet the costs incurred.
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2.2
If recommendation 1 is agreed, and if government does not agree to fund
the works directly to request an increase to the housing revenue account
borrowing cap to enable Brent Council to retain its existing headroom as well
as undertaking the urgent retrofitting work required on existing housing stock
to bring them up to best practice fire safety standards.
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2.3
To request that the government urgently consider revocation of the
permitted development rights for office to residential conversions to ensure
that such proposals go through the proper planning process to enable full
consideration of all relevant planning considerations.
3.
Full
Council to note that a report proposing an outline programme of works will be
taken to the Cabinet meeting on 24 July, with a full itemised and costed
programme of work being prepared for Cabinet consideration and approval by
October 2017 and its implementation monitored by the Housing Scrutiny
Committee.
4.
Full
Council to ask the Director of Community Wellbeing to write to Registered
Providers in the borough to request that they keep the Council updated as to
the status of their Fire Risk Assessments for high rise blocks that they are
responsible for within the borough.
The full report (item 15 on a 17 item agenda, how is that for PR?) is below:
It is clear that some parts of the report ar weaker than others.
The meeting starts at 7pm and can be viewed LIVE HERE
The meeting starts at 7pm and can be viewed LIVE HERE
