Key Decision Plan September - December 2013


This front sheet lists the key decisions planned to be taken by the Council over the next four-month period.

Further details in relation to these decisions are contained in the separate sheets, which are attached to the front sheet.


Children, Adults and Families

September - December 2013

  • None

Business and Area Management

September 2013

  • Council budget monitoring report April - July 2013

October 2013

  • Sums due to the Council considered irrecoverable - Quarter 2 - 2013 / 14

November 2013

  • Council budget monitoring report - April to September 2013

December 2013

  • None

Economic Regeneration

September 2013

  • Homelessness Strategy 2013 - 18
  • Growing Places Fund - formal acceptance of loan

October 2013

  • Trinity South Housing - Resolution to pursue a compulsory purchase order
  • Tenancy Policy
  • Trinity South Housing - Acquisitions Strategy

November 2013

  • Tenancy Strategy

December 2013

  • None

Strategy and Performance

September - December 2013

  • None

Cllr Iain Malcolm (Leader of the Council) 22 August 2013


Sums Due to the Council Considered irrecoverable - Quarter 2 - 2013 / 14

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet

(Cllr Iain Malcolm, Cllr Alan Kerr, Cllr Joan Atkinson, Cllr Michael Clare, Cllr Tracey Dixon, Cllr Jim Foreman, Cllr Emma Lewell-Buck, Cllr Ed Malcolm, Cllr Alan West)

Type of Decision

Key decision

When will the decision be taken

30 October 2013

Purpose of the report

To support the financial management of the Council.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Sums Due to the Council Considered Irrecoverable 2013 / 14

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Private - exempt report (report will contain personal data)

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Business and Area Management
Contact Officer: Stuart Reid
Phone No: 0191 424 7765
Email: stuart.reid@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, South Shields


Council Budget Monitoring Report April to September 2013

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet

(Cllr Iain Malcolm, Cllr Alan Kerr, Cllr Joan Atkinson, Cllr Michael Clare, Cllr Tracey Dixon, Cllr Jim Foreman, Cllr Emma Lewell-Buck, Cllr Ed Malcolm, Cllr Alan West)

Type of Decision

Key decision

When will the decision be taken

27 November 2013

Purpose of the report

Request approval for budget transfers, in line with the Council's financial regulations.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Council Budget Monitoring Report April to July along with appendices 1 - 4

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Open to the public

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Business and Area Management
Contact Officer: Stuart Reid
Phone No: 0191 424 7765
Email: stuart.reid@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, South Shields


Council Budget Monitoring Report April to July 2013

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet

(Cllr Iain Malcolm, Cllr Alan Kerr, Cllr Joan Atkinson, Cllr Michael Clare, Cllr Tracey Dixon, Cllr Jim Foreman, Cllr Emma Lewell-Buck, Cllr Ed Malcolm, Cllr Alan West)

Type of Decision

Key decision

When will the decision be taken

4 September 2013

Purpose of the report

Request approval for budget transfers, in line with the Council's financial regulations.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Council Budget Monitoring Report April to July along with appendices 1 - 4

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Open to public

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Business and Area Management
Contact Officer: Stuart Reid
Phone No: 0191 424 7765
Email: stuart.reid@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, South Shields


Sums Due to the Council Considered irrecoverable 2013 / 14

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet

(Cllr Iain Malcolm, Cllr Alan Kerr, Cllr Joan Atkinson, Cllr Michael Clare, Cllr Tracey Dixon, Cllr Jim Foreman, Cllr Emma Lewell-Buck, Cllr Ed Malcolm, Cllr Alan West)

Type of Decision

Key decision

When will the decision be taken

4 September 2013

Purpose of the report

To support the financial management of the Council.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Sums Due to the Council Considered Irrecoverable 2013 / 14

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Private - exempt report (report will contain personal data)

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Business and Area Management
Contact Officer: Stuart Reid
Phone No: 0191 424 7765
Email: stuart.reid@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, South Shields


Tenancy Policy

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet (Lead Member of Housing and Transport, Councillor Jim Foreman)

Type of Decision

Cabinet Approval

When will the decision be taken

2 October 2013

Purpose of the report

The policy sets out the types of tenancies they will grant and interventions to sustain tenancies, prevent unnecessary evictions and tackle tenancy fraud.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Tenancy Policy

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Public

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Economic Regeneration
Contact Officer: Lindsay Riddle
Phone No: 0191 4247553
Email: Lindsay.riddle@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 2RL


Homelessness Strategy 2013 - 18

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet (Lead Member of Housing and Transport, Councillor Jim Foreman)

Type of Decision

Cabinet Approval

When will the decision be taken

4 September 2013

Purpose of the report

The Strategy sets out our approach to preventing homelessness, how we will support homelessness households and also those at risk of homelessness. It also sets out our priorities for the next five years and includes detailed action plans.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Homelessness Strategy 2013 - 15

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Public

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Economic Regeneration
Contact Officer: Matthew Thornhill
Phone No: 0191 424 7197
Email: matthew.thornhill@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 2RL


Trinity South Housing - Resolution to Pursue a Compulsory Purchase Order

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet:

  • Cllr Iain Malcolm
  • Cllr Alan Kerr
  • Cllr Joan Atkinson
  • Cllr Michael Clare
  • Cllr Fay Cunningham
  • Cllr Tracey Dixon
  • Cllr James Foreman
  • Cllr Edward Malcolm
  • Cllr Allan West

Type of Decision

Key Decision

When will the decision be taken

2 October 2013

Purpose of the report

To pursue a Compulsory Purchase Order to help implement this regeneration scheme.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

  • Cabinet report
  • Summary of properties to be acquired / legal case

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Open to the public

Contact details for copies of documents

John Sparkes Corporate Lead - Regeneration,
Town Hall and Civic Offices,
Westoe Road,
South Shields,
NE33 2RL

Email: John.Sparkes@southtyneside.gov.uk


Tenancy Strategy

Who is responsible for taking the decision

  • Cllr I Malcolm
  • Cllr A Kerr
  • Cllr J Foreman
  • Cllr J Atkinson
  • Cllr M Clare
  • Cllr T Dixon
  • Cllr E Lewell Buck
  • Cllr E Malcolm
  • Cllr A West

Type of Decision

Key Decision

When will the decision be taken

28 November 2013

Purpose of the report

The Localism Act 2011 introduced the requirement for all Local Housing Authorities to publish a Tenancy Strategy. This Strategy will set out the Local Authority's stance on the use of flexible and lifetime tenancies.

Registered Providers must have regard to this strategy when formulating their policies in relation to the types and lengths of tenancies they will grant in various circumstances, and the circumstances in which they will grant a future tenancy.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

  • Cabinet Report
  • South Tyneside Council Tenancy Strategy (Annex A)

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Open to the public

Contact details for copies of documents

Directorate: Economic Regeneration
Contact Officer: Anne Connolly
Phone No: 424 7553
Email: anne.connolly@southtyneside.gov.uk
Postal Address: Strategic Housing, Level 3 Town Hall & Civic Offices, Westoe Rd, South Shields,NE33 2RL


South Shields Town Centre Regeneration - Acquisitions Strategy 

Who is responsible for taking the decision

Cabinet:

  • Cllr Iain Malcolm
  • Cllr Alan Kerr
  • Cllr Joan Atkinson
  • Cllr Michael Clare
  • Cllr Fay Cunningham
  • Cllr Tracey Dixon
  • Cllr James Foreman
  • Cllr Edward Malcolm
  • Cllr Allan West

Type of Decision

Key decision

When will the decision be taken

4 September 2013

Purpose of the report

To agree that the Council implement an acquisitions strategy to facilitate development as part of the regeneration of South Shields Town Centre. To grant delegated authority to the Corporate Director Economic Regeneration to acquire land and properties over a value of £500,000 that are deemed necessary to progress the regeneration scheme.

Documents to be submitted to the decision maker

Cabinet report

Will the meeting be open to the public or private, and if private for what reason(s)

Private - the press and public will be excluded from the meeting because the meeting will be considering a report that contains exempt information, as detailed below.

  1. The report will contain "exempt" information which falls within paragraph 3 of part 1 of the schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 ("Information relating to the financial or business affairs of a person including the Council)" and 
  2. The report contains information about the business and financial affairs of the Council and their selected delivery partner. The commercial sensitivity of the information is such that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

Contact details for copies of documents

John Sparkes Corporate Lead - Regeneration
Town Hall and Civic Offices,
Westoe Road,
South Shields,
NE33 2RL

Email: John.Sparkes@southtyneside.gov.uk