Agenda item

To consider any recommendations to Council from arising from the Cabinet meeting held on 24 October 2018.  The agenda and reports for this meeting can be viewed via the following link:

http://havant.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=128&MId=10587

(A)         Opportunity Havant:  Draft Regeneration Strategy

RECOMMENDED to Council that

(1)          The Opportunity Havant Regeneration Strategy for Havant Borough 2018-2036 (attached) be approved and adopted; and

(2)          Subject to (1) above, the Council notes the prioritisation and phasing of the initial projects.  These projects are prioritised on the basis that:

·         They have the potential for the generation of income that can be reinvested in the delivery of other projects within the Regeneration Programme;

·         They are on land owned by the Council

·         They are allocated/identified on the Adopted and emerging local Plan;

·         They attract external grant funding; and

·         There are no significant barriers to development and therefore are potential quick wins.

(B)         Council Tax Support Scheme 2019-20

RECOMMENDED to Council that

(1)          the 2018-19 Council Tax Support Scheme is retained for 2019-20 but with the following amendments:

(i)            the Allowances and Premiums used in determining entitlement for working age claims are changed as set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report to Cabinet on 24 October 2018; and

(ii)          the Non-Dependent Deductions used in determining entitlement for working age claims are changed as et out in paragraph 5.4 of the report to Cabinet on 24 October 2018; and

(2)          the necessary amendments be made to the Council Tax Support Scheme document and that it is then published in accordance with Local Government Finance Act 1992 SectionA(2).

(A)         Opportunity Havant – Draft Regeneration Strategy

The Mayor invited Councillor Pike, as Cabinet Lead for Finance and Regeneration, to present the draft Regeneration Strategy. 

In recommending the draft Strategy to Council, Councillor Pike set out the regeneration programme for Havant Borough to 2036 and outlined the key challenges and opportunities ahead in seeking to deliver targeted interventions, either directly or with the support of partners, in five key regeneration areas across the Borough.

In thanking the Operations and Place Shaping Scrutiny Board for having addressed issues of importance to the wider Council membership, Councillor Pike gave an assurance that affordable and social rented housing would be provided within the overall housing developments in the Regeneration Strategy, in accordance with the overall Local Plan policy.

Councillor Pike also took the opportunity to thank the officers for their work to develop the draft Strategy now before the Council.

The Mayor then invited the following members of the public to make their Deputations to Council (the text of the Deputations are published on the Council’s website alongside these minutes):

Mr Bob Comlay

Mrs Anne Skennerton

Mrs Ann Buckley

The Mayor then invited Councillor Dianne Lloyd to address the Council as Chairman of the Operations and Place Shaping Scrutiny Board before opening the matter to debate by the Council.

At the conclusion of the debate, the Leader outlined the holistic approach to delivering the regeneration programme in the context of the new Local Plan, the emerging Corporate Strategy and the Medium Term Financial Strategy.  The Leader thanked the deputees for their contribution to the debate and looked forward to continued dialogue with all stakeholders in taking forward this ambitious vision for Havant Borough.

Proposed by Councillor Pike and seconded by Councillor Wilson, it was

RESOLVED that

(1)          the Opportunity Havant Regeneration Strategy for Havant Borough 2018-2036 be approved and adopted; and

(2)          the Council notes the prioritisation and phasing of the initial projects set out in the accompanying exempt Regeneration Programme Report. These projects are prioritised on the basis that:

·         They have potential for the generation of income that can be re-invested in the delivery of other projects within the Regeneration Programme

·         They are on land owned by the Council

·         They are allocated/identified in the Adopted and the emerging Local Plan

·         They attract external grant funding

·         There are no significant barriers to development and therefore are potential quick wins.

(B)         Council Tax Support Scheme 2019-20

Councillor Wilson presented a recommendation from Cabinet seeking approval of the Council Tax Support Scheme for 2019-20.

Proposed by Councillor Wilson and seconded by Pike, it was:

RESOLVED that

(1)         2018/19 Council Tax Support Scheme be retained for 2019/20 but with the following amendments:

(i) the Allowances and Premiums used in determining entitlement for working age claims are changed as set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report to Cabinet on 24 October 2018;

(ii) the Non-Dependant deductions used in determining entitlement for working age claims are changed as set out in paragraph 5.4 of the report to Cabinet on 24 October 2018.

(2)         that the necessary amendments be made to the Council Tax Support Scheme document and that it is then published in accordance with Local Government Finance Act 1992 Section 13A(2)