Agenda and decisions

That Cabinet:

(a)         note the General Fund projected favourable outturn variance of £0.303m;

(b)         note the Housing Revenue Account projected unfavourable outturn variance of £0.409m to the Major Repairs Reserve;

(c)         approve the variations to the Capital Programme at Appendix C;

(d)         approve the Capital Programme revised budget and financing of £55.240m; and

(e)         note the Prudential indicators at Appendix F.

That Cabinet:

a)           review the Community Plan Performance Report attached as Appendix 1;

b)          review the compliance report attached as Appendix 2; and

c)           consider the Council’s performance against its objectives highlighting any areas of high performance and identifying areas for improvement.

That Cabinet note:

a)           the exceptions to performance of the housing service compliance functions;

b)          interim arrangements for monitoring damp and mould ahead of introduction of Awaab’s Law; and

c)           the ongoing actions to improve and maintain performance.

AGREED     that Cabinet approve to appropriate the land at Bowbridge Road, Newark from the GF to the HRA at the current value of £326,400 with subsequent CFR adjustment of £224,976 and Capital Receipt transfer of £101,424 to enable construction of HRA properties to support the local housing need and meet the Council’s business plan objectives. 

That Cabinet:

a)           endorse the Policy; and

b)          note that no charges will be levied for the use of HRA Community Centres;

AGREED     that Cabinet note the report, with any items being released into the public domain if considered no longer being exempt.

That Cabinet:

a)           approve the digital strategy (attached as an appendix) for 2025-2028; and

b)          note the findings of the working group and stakeholder surveys.

That Cabinet:

a)           note and welcome the updates on BNG and the Council’s Land Assets review;

b)          approve the four ‘NSDC BNG sites’ identified be progressed for the purpose of generating biodiversity net gain (BNG) ‘biodiversity units’, to be used firstly for NSDC’s own planning application BNG obligations; secondly for NSDC supported projects, and finally (and subject to unit capacity) for sale of BNG units to other third-party developments in discharge of their BNG responsibilities.

c)           approve a revenue budget of up to £25,000 to allow the implementation of the four NSDC BNG sites funded from the Change Management Reserve in 2025/26;

d)          approve a further revenue budget of £45,000 to allow the implementation of the four NSDC BNG sites in 2026/27 funded from the Change Management Reserve;

e)           approve delegated authority be given to the Director - Planning & Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holders for Strategy, Finance & Performance and Climate Change & Environment, to enter into necessary legal arrangements to secure the BNG Habitat Banks via the Governments Biodiversity Gain Site Register, including any appropriate habitat(s) to be created, as detailed below; and

f)            agree that a report is brought back to Cabinet prior to NSDC selling BNG units as detailed in recommendation b) above in order to set appropriate BNG unit fees.