Jess Tamplin
Council: Crawley
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
33 meetings · Page 1 of 7
Planning Committee - Monday, 1st December, 2025 7.30 pm
Licensing Sub-Committee - Thursday, 13th November, 2025 11.30 am
Licensing Committee - Monday, 10th November, 2025 7.00 pm
Planning Committee - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 7.30 pm
Decisions from Meetings
162 decisions · Page 20 of 33
Enhanced Shop Front and High Street Improvement Programme
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Proposals to launch an enhanced Retail / Shop Front improvement grants programme. Local independent retailers / small businesses will be able to apply for a grant in order to boost the appearance of their retail unit premises and / or their business operation in Crawley town centre retail units or in one of Crawley's neighbourhood parades.
Recommendations Approved
Updates to the Corporate Complaints Policy
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Various changes have been made to the Council's Corporate Complaints Policy to reflect and incorporate changes made by the LGSCO and the Housing Ombudsman following their joint consultation.
Recommendations Approved
Breezehurst Drive Phase 2 – Architect Appointment
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
To appoint an architect for Breezehurst Drive Phase 2 to undertake the detailed design. There is already a decision in place under report reference CH/192 approved by the Cabinet on 25th November 2020. A new Cabinet report will be issued later in the year to appoint a contractor to progress the construction of this project. This revised process has been approved by the Leader of the Council. The proposed strategy moving forward is to directly appoint through a framework the original architect on the scheme, to complete the design up to RIBA Stage 4 and submit the additional information required for the planning application. This is backed up by advice we have received by both an external legal consultant and a national framework director, and this approach has been approved by the Procurement Manager.
Recommendations Approved
Grant Applications for 2024/2025 and Grants Budget
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Determine applications for strategic grants together with the grants budget for 2024/2025.
Recommendations Approved
Minor amendments to the Housing Allocations Scheme and allocation quotas
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Purpose: Amend the existing main and temporary sub-quota in the Housing Allocations Scheme to increase the number of allocations to households on the housing register either at risk of homelessness or owed the main housing duty in order to impact the use and cost of temporary accommodation. Background: The Council is experiencing significant pressures on its homelessness services, resulting in elevated use of and longer stays in nightly paid temporary accommodation. This is putting the Councils financial position at risk and is a corporate priority to address. Longer stays in temporary accommodation also put unnecessary strain on households who have no other choice but to remain there while waiting for an offer of housing. On 21st February 2024 Crawley Borough Council declared a housing emergency, advising that the demand for temporary and settled accommodation was consistently higher than the supply, and that the financial impact was unsustainable for the Council. Section 5.1.1 of the Housing Allocation Scheme (the Scheme) sets out the main quota that describes how available social housing is to be allocated by banding/applicant type. This section of the Scheme advises that the proportion split of the quota will be reviewed on an annual basis and that if the review concludes that a different proportion split may better achieve the aim of balancing the competing needs of those needing housing (such as homeless households, those in reasonable preference groups), it may be amended for the coming year by the Head of Strategic Housing following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing. Section 5.1.2 of the Housing Allocation Scheme is the temporary sub-quota that can be enacted for up to six-months at a time. The temporary sub-quota in 5.1.2 is an example and has not been amended to date. Continued increase in demand on the service, a decline in the supply of properties available, and a mismatch of properties to households increasingly means that the quota is limited in its ability to be effective. It is proposed that the temporary sub-quota already set out in the Scheme be updated under delegated authority to better address the pressures on the service. In addition, other minor amendments to the scheme are required so that care leavers with a strong local connection to West Sussex can qualify to join the housing register and that direct lets can be made to homeless households residing in emergency temporary accommodation when the urgent need arises when owed the “relief” duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended).
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 33
Average per Month: 1.4
Decisions Recorded: 162