Please reply to:

 

 

Contact:

Karen Wyeth

 

Service:

Committee Services

 

Direct Line:

01784 446224

 

E-mail:

k.wyeth@spelthorne.gov.uk

 

Date:

05 January 2026

 

 

Notice of meeting

 

 

Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee

 

 

Date:

 

Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Time:

 

7.00 pm

Place:

 

Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

 

To the members of the Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee

 

Councillors:

 

S.M. Doran (Chair)

M.M. Attewell (Vice-Chair)

M. Arnold

C. Bateson

 

M. Bing Dong

J.R. Boughtflower

M. Buck

R. Chandler

 

S.A. Dunn

R.V. Geach

K.M. Grant

 

 

Substitute Members: Councillors

S.N. Beatty, H.S. Boparai, T. Burrell, S. Gyawali and A. Mathur

 

Councillors are reminded that the Gifts and Hospitality Declaration book will be available outside the meeting room for you to record any gifts or hospitality offered to you since the last Committee meeting.

 

Agenda

 

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1.  

Apologies and Substitutes

 

 

 

To receive apologies of absence and notification of substitutions.

 

 

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2.  

Minutes

 

5 - 8

 

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 18 November 2025 as a correct record.

 

 

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3.  

Disclosures of Interest

 

 

 

To receive any disclosures of interest from Councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for members.

 

 

</AI3>

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4.  

Questions from members of the Public

 

 

 

The Chair, or their nominee, to answer any questions raised by members of the public in accordance with Standing Order 40.

 

At the time of publication of this agenda no questions were received.

 

 

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<AI5>

5.  

Update from the Environmental Health Department on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

 

9 - 20

 

Committee is asked to consider the contents of the report and note progress with ongoing work to deal with HMOs and the planned next steps.

 

 

</AI5>

<AI6>

6.  

Annual Grant Awards 2026/27

 

To Follow

 

Committee is asked to consider the Annual Grant Awards for 2026/27.

 

Report to follow.

 

 

</AI6>

<AI7>

7.  

Community Wellbeing & Housing - Budget, Fees and Charges, and Capital Programme for 2026/27

 

To Follow

 

Committee is asked to

1.    Review the draft detailed revenue budget for 2026/27 for the Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee and agree any amendments

2.    Review the draft capital budget for 2026/27 for Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee, and

3.    Recommend to Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to approve the proposed detailed Revenue Budget and Capital Programme proposals for the Committee.

 

Report to follow.

 

 

</AI7>

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8.  

Forward Plan

 

21 - 24

 

To consider the Forward Plan for committee business.

 

 

</AI8>

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9.  

Exclusion of Public and Press (Exempt Business)

 

 

 

To move the exclusion of the Press/Public for the following items, in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 and by the Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

 

</AI9>

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10.  

Service Plans

 

 

 

Committee is asked to consider the Service Plans for the Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee.

 

 

</AI10>

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a)             

Leisure and Community Development Service Plan

 

To Follow

</AI11>

<AI12>

b)             

Housing Benefits Service Plan

 

25 - 36

</AI12>

<AI13>

c)             

Housing Options Service Plan

 

37 - 48

</AI13>

<AI14>

d)             

Independent Living Service Plan

 

49 - 64

</AI14>

<AI15>

e)             

Environmental Health Service Plan

 

65 - 98

</AI15>

<AI16>

f)              

Harper House/White House Service Plan

 

To Follow

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