Decision details
Council Buildings Leased to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Organisations
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report proposes clarification of and
revisions to the policy statement agreed at Cabinet in March 2018,
‘Council Buildings Leased to Voluntary and Community Sector
(VCS) Organisations - Statement of Policy and
Procedures’.
The revised Statement includes a defined list of council owned
premises that are considered to be the ‘Community Premises
Portfolio and clarifies the council’s approach to leasing
premises and eligibility for Community Benefit Rent Reduction for
faith-based activity and for early years settings.
The report also considers the financial arrangements for
CBRR.
Decision:
The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.
DECISION
1. To agree the revised Statement of Policy and Procedures relating to council premises leased to voluntary and community sector organisations set out at appendix A to the report, and
2. To note the specific equalities considerations as set out in Paragraph 4 of the report.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)
(Divisional Director, Strategy, Policy and Performance (S. Godman)
(Divisional Director, Growth and Economic Development (V. Clark)
(VCS Strategy and Policy Manager (D. Freeman)
Report author: Sylvonne Bailey
Publication date: 26/03/2021
Date of decision: 24/03/2021
Decided at meeting: 24/03/2021 - Cabinet
Accompanying Documents:
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