Decision Session - Combined Executive Member Decision Session
Set out below is a summary of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Combined Executive Member Decision Session held on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. The wording used does not necessarily reflect the actual wording that will appear in the minutes.
Members are reminded that, should they wish to call in a decision, notice must be given to Democracy Support Group no later than 4pm on Tuesday, 21 April 2026.
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6. Send Capital Projects to Support Inclusion and Belonging (10:03am)
Resolved:
i. To note the proposed use of the DfE 2025-26 SEND Capital through grant allocation to identified schools to support adaptations of the learning environment for children and young people with SEND.
ii. To delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children and Education, the Director of Governance and the Director of Finance to take such steps as are necessary to develop the grant allocation process, procure, award and enter into the resulting grant agreements.
Reason: This ensures that the SEND capital schemes can be delivered in the academic year 2026/27 to improve inclusion and accessibility. The use of the capital funding supports the delivery of the local SEND reform plan.
7. Formal Enforcement Action (January to December 2025), New Single Use Vape and Renters Rights Enforcement Provisions (10:13am)
Resolved:
i. To note the enforcement action undertaken by Public Protection, the National Trading Standards teams, and the Healthy and Sustainable Homes Service.
ii. To approve the updated enforcement policy to include offences under the new single use vapes and renters’ right legislation.
iii. To approve the use of fixed monetary penalty notices and the other enforcement provisions in relation to single use vapes in line with the guidelines.
iv. Approve the use of fixed penalty notices and the other enforcement provisions in relation to the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, Protection from Eviction Act 1977, Housing Act 1988, Housing Act 2004, Housing and Planning Act 2016, The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, and The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025, in line with the new Housing Civil Penalties Policy for offences on or after 1 May 2026.
Reason: To ensure enforcement activity undertaken by Public Protection, the National Trading Standards teams, and the Healthy and Sustainable Homes Service, has been reviewed in accordance with the council’s enforcement policy and enable officers to issue fixed monetary penalty notices and the other enforcement provisions to help prevent the sale of illegal single use vapes and enable offices to issue civil penalty notices for new offences under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, in addition to those already used by the Healthy and Sustainable Homes Service under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, Housing Act 1988, Protection from Eviction Act 1977, and The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 and The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025.