Decision details
Community Buildings Report
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To consider a report setting out the findings of the community buildings review, as per the Cabinet decision of December 2015
Decision:
DECISION
1. To agree that a network of community hub buildings be established throughout the borough;
2. To agree the key terms for leases as set out in paragraph 5.3 of the report;
3. To agree that where community groups are to remain in existing accommodation, that this occupation will be on the basis of a formal lease with a community rent;
4. To agree that in some cases, THH-recognised TRAs, who can demonstrate intensive use of the property, may be issued with a lease based on a peppercorn rent for their TRA activities;
5. To agree the community benefit rent reduction policy, which affords eligible organisations a subsidy of 80% of their market rent, as set out in section 13;
6. To agree the proposed criteria, independent assessment tools and process and the monitoring and reporting arrangements for the community benefit rent reduction policy as set out in paragraphs 13.8 to 13.24;
7. To agree the proposed plan and approach for implementing the community benefit rent reduction policy, working with THCVS to support the voluntary and community sector organisations; and
8. To note that the additional capital and revenue resourcing required for the delivery of the community buildings policy will be considered as part of the council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)
(Service Head, Corporate Property and Capital Delivery (A. Sutcliffe)
(Head of Benefits Service (S. Hill)
Report author: Ann Sutcliffe
Publication date: 03/11/2016
Date of decision: 01/11/2016
Decided at meeting: 01/11/2016 - Cabinet
Effective from: 11/11/2016
Accompanying Documents:
- 5.6 - Community Buildings Cabinet Report PDF 294 KB
- 5.6a - Appx 1 - Council Owned Community Buildings in LBTH PDF 6 MB
- 5.6b - Appx 2 - Community Buildings in LBTH PDF 7 MB
- 5.6c - Appx 3 - TH Assessment Procedure for Community Benefit Rent Reduction AS NA PDF 81 KB
- 5.6d - Appx 4 - Community benefit process v8 PDF 307 KB
- 5.6e - Appx 5 - AssessmentPanelTOR AS NA PDF 49 KB
- 5.6f - Appx 6 - CB Report Qualty Assurance Checklist PDF 75 KB
- 5.6g - Appx 7 - Community Benefit FULL_EQUALITY_ANALYSIS PDF 128 KB