Agenda and minutes

Councillor P Clark substituted for Councillor P Vickers and Councillor L Foster substituted for Councillor S Swift.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and personal or personal and prejudicial interests.

No whip was declared.

No public speaking requests had been received.

The Director: Economy and Environment and Director: Adults and Health submitted a joint report that informed the Panel of the steps taken to produce the draft Housing Plan 2023 – 2028, prior to the document being considered by Cabinet at its meeting on 31 July 2023.

The council's Assistant Director: Integrated Health and Care and the council's Assistant Director: Place informed the meeting that the Housing Plan presented the vision for North Lincolnshire.  It identified future priorities and desired outcomes which were based on evidence collated from community, developer, surveys, data research and analysis and assessment of national, regional and local policy context.  Oversight and development of the plan had taken place through internal working groups which had provided a rounded view identifying gaps and establishing core priorities around which the council needed to focus.

Members heard that to determine the priorities for the new Plan an assessment had been made of the on-going relevance of the priorities and desired outcomes detailed across a number of existing plans to produce a single plan for Housing in North Lincolnshire

The outcomes of the Plan were for North Lincolnshire residents to have access to suitable high-quality housing to meet there needs; North Lincolnshire residents live in homes which were of a high standard and North Lincolnshire homes would be more energy efficient.

Members listened as the Directors stated that achieving the council’s vision for the North Lincolnshire economy would require successful implementation of this plan, by both the council and partners through joint working.  

The Chair then facilitated a discussion between the Panel and the Assistant Directors.

Resolved – (a) That the Panel note the content of the report; (b) that the council's Assistant Director: Integrated Health and Care and the council's Assistant Director: Place be thanked for their attendance, presentation and for answering members’ questions; (c) that the Plan be considered and adopted by Cabinet at its meeting on 31 July 2023, and (d) that the delivery plan that underpinned the Housing Plan be considered at a future meeting of the Place Scrutiny Panel.

Further to Minute 152, the Director: Governance and Communities informed the meeting that the added item submitted in accordance with the council’s Constitution by Councillor Yeadon, titled ‘effectiveness of partner agencies to reduce the ever-increasing number of unlicensed Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs), ensuring that children in such HMOs were safe’ would now be considered later in the Municipal Year.  This was at the request of Councillor Yeadon.

There was no urgent business for consideration at the meeting