Hillingdon Council Cabinet Member and Officer Decisions
Housing Revenue Account New General Needs Housing Stock Housing Buy-Back Scheme) RELEASE NO: 3, 2024/25
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Executive Decision Notice – 30 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE DECISION NOTICE
PUBLISHED BY DEMOCRATIC SERVICES
Notice is hereby given that the following decision(s) have been made today by
Cabinet Members at the London Borough of Hillingdon:
Title of decision Housing Revenue Account New General Needs
Housing Stock
(Housing Buy-Back Scheme)
RELEASE NO: 3, 2024/25
Reference No. 1210
Date of decision Monday 30 September 2024
Call-in expiry date Monday 7 October 2024
Relevant Select
Committee
Corporate Resources & Infrastructure Select Committee
Relevant Wards Uxbridge, Northwood Hills, Northwood, Charville, Yeading
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Martin Goddard - Cabinet Member for Finance
Councillor Jonathan Bianco - Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Councillor Eddie Lavery – Cabinet Member for Re sidents’
Services
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Members:
1. Agreed to the capital release request of £654k from the
Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Acquisitions
2024/25 Normal buyback budget for the funding of the
purchase and repair of two properties, as detailed in
the confidential report.
2. Agreed to the capital release request totalling £1,062k
from the HRA Acquisitions GLA and DLUHC Grant
Funded Schemes Budget 2024/25 for the GLA SHAPS
Single Homeless and Young Persons programme for
the funding of the purchase and repair of four
properties, as detailed in the confidential report.
Reason for decision In January 2015, Cabinet approved the implementation of a buy-
back scheme for ex-Council properties.
The scheme was approved to deliver benefits to local residents
in terms of improved housing provision in the Borough.
Executive Decision Notice – 30 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
Alternative options
considered and
rejected
The alternative option is to not buy back the properties, with the
vendors selling them privately on the open market. This would
not assist the Council in increasing the supply of social housing
in the Borough, in meeting the one- for-
one replacement
commitment, or in utilising time-limited RTB receipts.
Alternatively, the Council could offer lower purchase prices to
the vendors. However, the Council is in competition with private
buyers for these properties, with no leverage to compel the
vendors to accept below -market prices, and the prices offered
in this report have already been accepted by the vendors.
Classification Part II – Members Only and Not for Publication
Link to associated
report
That this report be declared as exempt from publication as it
involves the disclosure of information in accordance with
Section 100(A) and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12 (A) to
the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), in that the report
contains information relating to the financial or business
affairs of any particular person (including the authority
holding that information) and
that the public interest in
withholding the information outweighs the public interest in
disclosing it.
Relevant Officer
contact & Directorate
Ben Sargent – Place Directorate
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Implementation of decision & scrutiny call-in
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When can this
decision be
implemented by
officers?
Officers can implement Cabinet Member decision in this notice only
from the expiry of the scrutiny call-in period which is:
5pm on Monday 7 October 2024
However, this is subject to the decision not being called in by
Councillors on the relevant Select Committee. Upon receipt of a
valid call-in request, Democratic Services will immediately advise
the relevant officer(s) and the decision must then be put on hold.
Councillor scrutiny
call-in of this
decision
Councillors on the relevant Select Committee shown in this notice
may request to call-in this decision. The request must be before the
expiry of the scrutiny call-in period above.
Councillors should use the Scrutiny Call-in App (link below) on their
devices to initiate any call-in request. Further advice can be sought
from Democratic Services if required:
Scrutiny Call-In - Power Apps (secure)
Executive Decision Notice – 30 September 2024
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
Further information These decisions, where applicable, have been taken under The
Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access
to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.
This is the formal notice by the Council of the above executive
decision, including links to the reports where applicable.
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Members of the Council, Corporate Directors, Officers, Group
Secretariats and the Public. Copies are also placed on the
Council’s website.
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