Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee
Decisions taken at the meeting held on Tuesday, 2 June 2026.
Meeting Time:
7.00 pm
Meeting Venue:
Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB
PRESENT: Councillor Sue Doran (Chair), Councillor Michelle Arnold, Councillor Chris Bateson, Councillor Med Buck, Councillor Rebecca Geach, Councillor Kathy Grant, Councillor Suraj Gyawali and Councillor Joanne Sexton
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2. Disclosures of Interest |
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5. Environmental Health General Enforcement Policy: Housing Enforcement and Civil Penalties in Support of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 |
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Committee resolved to:
1. Approve the Environmental Health General Enforcement Policy 2026;
2. Approve the Housing Enforcement Policy 2026;
3. Approve the Civil Financial Penalty Policy 2026; and
4. Delegate authority to the Group Head of Place, Protection and Prosperity, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to make minor non-material amendments to the policies where required by changes in legislation or statutory guidance. |
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6. Monitoring and maintenance of Spelthorne CCTV assets |
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Committee resolved to:
1. Approve the Council entering into an inter-authority agreement with Runnymede Borough Council for the delivery of CCTV monitoring and maintenance services, for a term of two (2) years with an option to extend for a further one (1) year, subject to mutual agreement between both parties and subject to delegating authority to the Chair and Vice-Chair of Community Wellbeing to approve the Key Performance Indicators and the Service Level Agreement by 30 June 2026,
2. Approve a maximum contract value referenced in 3.1 and as detailed with exempt Appendix A, in accordance with the appropriate level of delegation as set out in the Spelthorne Borough Council Constitution; and
3. Delegate authority to the Group Head Corporate Governance to finalise and enter into the agreement and any ancillary documentation, including any minor amendments |
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7. Review of Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) Policy - Re-Introduction of Means Testing for Level Access Showers |
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Committee resolved to defer this item to the next meeting in September 2026. |
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8. Nightly-paid temporary accommodation Delivery Plan targets |
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Committee resolved to:
1. Agree the targets set out in the Nightly Paid Accommodation Delivery Plans as follows:
Target 1 – reduce the total number f households in nightly paid accommodation to fewer than 35 by April 2027- the target for budgetary purposes is 50 to allow for contingency in the 2026/27 budget’
Target 2 - reduce the average nightly cost of accommodation by 5%
Target 3 – the average length of time households spend in nightly paid accommodation to reduce from 215 days in 2025/26 to 120 days by March 2027; and
2. Recommend to Corporate Policy and Resources Committee that the anticipated savings of £600k arising from the Nightly Paid Accommodation Delivery Plan be incorporated into the overall Budget Savings Plan for 2026/27 |
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10. Presentation on MHCLG Review |
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Committee agreed to note the presentation |
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12. Eclipse Leisure Centre - Ventilation |
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Committee resolved to approve the recommendations as outlined in the exempt report |
NOTES:-
(1) Members are reminded that the “call-in” procedure as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution, shall not apply to the following matters:
(a) Urgent decisions as defined in Paragraph 9. of the Call-in Scrutiny Procedure Rules;
(b) Decisions to award a contract following a lawful procurement process;
(c) Those decisions:
i. reserved to full Council
ii. on regulatory matters
iii. on member conduct issues.
(2) Those matters to which Note (1) applies, if any, are identified with an asterisk [*] in the above Minutes.
(3) Within three working days of the date on which this decision is published, not less than three members from two or more political groups by submission of the standard call-in pro-forma, may ask for that decision to be referred to a meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee for review (call-in). The completed pro-forma must be received by the Proper Officer by 5pm three working days after publication of the decision.
(4) The members exercising the right of call-in must not be members of the Committee which considered the matter.
(5) When calling in a decision for review the members doing so must demonstrate the following exceptional circumstances:
a. Evidence which suggests that the decision maker, did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 11 (Decision Making); or
b. Evidence that the decision fails to support one or more of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities to the detriment of the majority of the Borough’s residents; or
c. Evidence that explicit Council Policy or legal requirements were disregarded.
(6) Once the request for ‘call-in’ has been deemed valid by the Monitoring Officer the matter will be suspended until the call-in procedure has been exhausted.
(7) The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant officer, will determine if the interests of the Council or Borough would be prejudiced by a delay in implementing a decision such that the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.
(8) Where the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting, the Monitoring Officer will arrange an extraordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to review the decision subject to call-in at the earliest possible opportunity.
(9) In exceptional cases, where there is clear evidence that a delay to the implementation of a decision would lead to a specific and significant financial or reputational harm to the Council, a call-in request may be refused by the Chief Executive following consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.
(10) In reviewing a matter referred to it under the call-in scrutiny procedure rules, the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee shall follow the procedure for dealing with call-in scrutiny at its meetings as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution.
(11) The deadline of three working days for "call in" in relation to the above decisions by the Committee is the close of business on …..(Insert date).