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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
I, Paul Dennett, City Mayor in consultation with
Cabinet, in exercise of the powers contained within the City
Council Constitution do hereby
approve:
The annual Housing Strategy delivery plan for
2024/25.
The Reasons are:
The
2023/24 delivery plan will come to an end on 31st March
2024, and a further annual plan is required to ensure delivery of
the Housing Strategy priorities.
 
Options considered and rejected
were:No action.
 
Assessment of
Risk: High - The strategy identifies a
number of key priorities
and
objectives with key delivery outcomes which will be monitored
through the action plan. Risks in terms of the delivery of the
priorities and objectives will be reviewed annually. It is
recognised that due to increases in costs overall including
construction costs there are a number of outcomes which may prove
difficult to deliver. Mitigating these risks, where possible, will
be a key part of the action plan monitoring.
 
The source of funding
is:    N/A
 
Legal Advice obtained:
Not
applicable - Legal Advice will be sought on specific topics
therein, as and when required. However, there are otherwise no
direct legal implications.
 
Financial Advice obtained:
There
are no direct implications resulting from the Housing Strategy
delivery plan.
Delivery of the plan will either be within existing financial
constraints or proposed additional spend will be assessed and
reported on an individual basis as and when items from the action
plan are planned/implemented
 
Procurement Advice
obtained: N/A
 
HR Advice obtained:
N/A
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
Supplied by Michael Hemmingway - 793 3209
Greater Manchester strategic goals for carbon neutral new and
existing homes in the future, remain a serious challenge for all
partners and the likelihood of not achieving the targets seems high
without significant government intervention. Those challenges are
financial, as well as knowledge and skills based. Partners are
working together to develop shared learning to help skill up
officers and housing providers are exploring what can realistically
be achieved within existing finances, as well as how to access
wider funding streams as they become available. As can be seen from
the report Registered Providers to continue to maintain/improve
their existing homes, and to explore the potential for progressing
towards carbon neutral homes, the actions related to this in the
report have been expanded.   To help move this agenda a
joint sub-group of the Climate Action Board and the Housing
Partnership has been formed and is meeting
regularly.
 
The following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
Salford’s housing strategy ‘Shaping Housing in
Salford 2020’
 
Contact
Officer:     Shahla Zandi                       
Telephone number: 0161 793
2055
 
(Please delete from the list below any which are not
relevant.)
This decision is subject to
consideration for briefing purposes by the

-      
Statutory Deputy City Mayor / Lead Member for
Housing and Neighbourhoods. The Lead Member is supportive of the
decision.

-      
The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is
the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny Panel                       

 

Signed:
     Paul Dennett                               
     Dated:  10.04.24                                                    
            
City Mayor
 

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Services use only

 

This decision was
published on   10.04.24                          
               

This decision will
come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 17.04.24                   
                              
unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision-Making Process Rules.