Issue - meetings

This report provides an overview of housing’s new Strategic Asset Plan, which has been developed to support the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan.

Resolved:  That Executive agree Option One to adopt the Housing Revenue Account  Strategic Asset Plan.

Reason:     The HRA Strategic Asset Plan enables the council to objectively assess the quality of all HRA assets to guide future investment and development decisions within the housing stock in support of the aims of the HRA Business Plan.

The Executive considered a report which provided an overview of housing’s new Strategic Asset Plan which had been developed to support the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan. The Asset Plan established the decision making processes to achieve the five primary aims of the Plan and had been devised and developed with a wide range of staff.

It was noted that one of the key proposals within the plan was the introduction of a void management system to ensure automatic identification of properties that had potential for alternative uses and could be considered for intervention prior to re-letting.

The Executive Member thanked Officers for preparation of the report and consideration was then given to the following options:

1. To adopt housing’s Strategic Asset Plan as set out in Annex A 

2. To ask officers to revise the document and methodology

Resolved:  That Executive agree Option One to adopt the Housing Revenue Account  Strategic Asset Plan. ^1.

Reason:     The HRA Strategic Asset Plan enables the council to objectively assess the quality of all HRA assets to guide future investment and development decisions within the housing stock in support of the aims of the HRA Business Plan.