Councillor Rob Yates
Email: Cllr-Rob.Yates@thanet.gov.uk
Council: Thanet
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
49 meetings · Page 1 of 10
Extraordinary, Council - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.00 pm
Governance & Audit Committee - Wednesday, 29th October, 2025 7.00 pm
Council - Thursday, 9th October, 2025 7.00 pm
54 attendees, 27 documents, 1 media files
Cabinet - Thursday, 28th August, 2025 7.00 pm
9 attendees, 32 documents, 1 media files
Decisions from Meetings
65 decisions · Page 9 of 13
Accelerated Temporary Accommodation Programme
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 19th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 19, 2024
To purchase up to 170 new homes for use as Temporary Accommodation.
Recommendations Approved
Disabled Facilities Grants - Housing Assistance Policy
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 19th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 19, 2024
Councils across England are required by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 to offer Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) to people who qualify. These grants are mandatory but they are restricted to helping people with disabilities to adapt their homes to make them accessible and more suitable for their needs. The funding for these grants comes from central Government via the Better Care Fund. If a Council wishes to offer financial assistance towards anything other than DFGs they have to adopt and publish a Housing Assistance Policy giving full details of the assistance they will offer to householders in their area for property adaptation, improvement or repair. Thanet District Council adopted such a Policy in 2019 and this policy is now due for review.
Recommendations approved
Thanet District Parking Strategy
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 19th December, 2024 7.00 pm - December 19, 2024
Introduction of a parking strategy for the Thanet District. The strategy sets out how Thanet District Council will approach parking over the next 20 years.
Recommendations Approved
Grenfell Enquiry Report
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 28th November, 2024 7.00 pm - November 28, 2024
The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire concluded in September 2024 with the publication of the phase 2 report. Annex 1 to this Cabinet paper provides a summary of the phase 2 report, with a particular focus on the implications and recommendations for local authorities and social housing providers. The phase 2 report made a total of 58 recommendations, covering a wide range of organisations including regulators, emergency services, the construction industry, local authorities and social housing providers. The full report is around 1,700 pages with a more accessible overview paper containing the key findings and recommendations. In addition, the phase 1 report made 46 recommendations and has had a significant influence on both the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2024 and the Building Safety Act 2022. This report considers the relevant recommendations from both the phase 1 and phase 2 enquiry reports and makes a number of recommendations. This report seeks authority for the council to: 1. Note the self assessment against the phase 1 and phase 2 recommendations, attached at annex 1 to the report; 2. Agree to increase the waking watch service in line with the revised guidelines from the Kent Fire and Rescue Service; 3. Note the increased cost of the waking watch service for the remainder of 2024/25 and approve the necessary in-year virement (as detailed in 6.1.1 to the Cabinet report).
Recommendations Approved
External Grant Funding Scrutiny Review Report
From: Cabinet - Thursday, 28th November, 2024 7.00 pm - November 28, 2024
The External Grant Funding Review Working Party report followed a review completed by members of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel. The review started in June 2024 and considered how the Council could support efforts to increase external grant funding coming into the district, through local community voluntary organisations work activities. The review led to a number of recommendations to Cabinet from the working party. These and recommendations are detailed in the working review report which is attached as Annex 1 to this covering report. A summary of findings and recommendations detailed in the body of this covering report. This report was considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 19 November 2024
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 49
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 65