Agenda

Community Wellbeing and Housing Committee - Tuesday, 2 June 2026 7.00 pm

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

Contact: Karen Wyeth  Email: k.wyeth@spelthorne.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies and Substitutes

To receive apologies of absence and notification of substitutions.

2.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 202 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 24 March 2026 as a correct record.

3.

Disclosures of Interest

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

4.

Questions from members of the Public

5.

Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 131 KB

To consider the Forward Plan for committee business.

 

6.

Environmental Health General Enforcement Policy: Housing Enforcement and Civil Penalties in Support of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 pdf icon PDF 317 KB

Committee is asked 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;

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.

Additional documents:

7.

Monitoring and maintenance of Spelthorne CCTV assets pdf icon PDF 587 KB

Committee is asked 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;

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;

3.    Delegate authority to the Group Head Corporate Governance to finalise and enter into the agreement and any ancillary documentation, including any minor amendments.

 

Appendix A contains 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 Paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because, disclosure to the public would prejudice the financial position of the authority in any lease, contract or other type of negotiation with the tenant or developer, who could then know the position of the Council

Additional documents:

8.

Review of Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) Policy - Re-Introduction of Means Testing for Level Access Showers

Committee is asked to consider an amendment to the Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant Policy.

9.

Nightly-paid temporary accommodation Delivery Plan targets pdf icon PDF 450 KB

Committee is asked to agree the targets set out in the Nightly Paid Accommodation Delivery Plan, and to make a recommendation to Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

Additional documents:

10.

Proposed Council Transitional Plan 2026/27

This report is on the agenda for the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee and may be recommended to this meeting.

 

A copy of the report and appendices can be viewed here.

11.

Presentation on MHCLG Review

The Committee will receive a presentation on the MHCLG Deep Dive into Homelessness.

12.

Exclusion of Press/Public for Exempt Business

To move the exclusion of the Press/Public for the following item, 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.

 

13.

Eclipse Leisure Centre - Ventilation

Committee is asked to approve the commissioning of survey and investigatory work to optimise the performance of the existing ventilation system at the Eclipse Leisure Centre.

 

The Report and Appendix contains 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 Paragraph 3  – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information because, disclosure to the public would prejudice the financial position of the authority in any contract or other type of negotiation with a prospective purchaser who could then know the position of the Council.