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Housing Revenue Account New General Needs Housing Stock (Housing Buy-Back Scheme) – 2025/26 RELEASE NO: 2
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Executive Decision Notice – 13 August 2025
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 CAPITAL RELEASE REPORT (June 2025/26)
DEPARTMENT: Assets
SERVICE AREA/ PROGRAMME: Place
Housing Revenue Account New General Needs Housing
Stock (Housing Buy-Back Scheme) – 2025/26
RELEASE NO: 2
Reference No. 1466
Date of decision Wednesday 13 August 2025
Call-in expiry date Wednesday 20 August 2025
Relevant Select
Committee
Corporate Resources & Infrastructure Select Committee
Relevant Wards All Wards
Decision made
Cabinet Members making
the decision
Councillor Ian Edwards, Leader of the Council
Councillor Martin Goddard, Cabinet Member for Finance &
Transformation
Councillor Jonathan Bianco, Cabinet Member for Corporate
Services & Property
Councillor Steve Tuckwell, Cabinet Member for Planning,
Housing & Growth
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Members agreed to the following
capital release request of £5,452k from the Housing
Revenue Account (HRA) Acquisitions 2025/26 Normal
Buyback Budget for the funding of the purchase and
repair of 13 properties, as detailed in the 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 residents
in terms of improved housing provision in the Borough. Two
of the key drivers of the scheme are:
a) To increase the supply of affordable housing for rent
in the HRA that in turn can be used to reduce the
Council's reliance on temporary accommodation,
especially high- cost bed and breakfast (B&B)
accommodation.
Executive Decision Notice – 13 August 2025
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
b) To apply locally in Hillingdon right -to-buy (RTB)
receipts from Council house sales that would
otherwise be returnable with interest to central
Government.
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, 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 Wednesday 20 August 2025
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.
Executive Decision Notice – 13 August 2025
This notice is a public document also available to view on the Council's website www.hillingdon.gov.uk
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)
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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democratic@hillingdon.gov.uk.
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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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