Agenda

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29 October 2024 and 21 November 2024.

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To answer questions from Members who have given the appropriate notice.

The report provides an update on the County Council’s proposed changes to its provision of a design and build agency service for Disabled Facilities Grant home adaptations.  Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG’s), enable adaptations to the homes of eligible adults and children with a disability to help them live independently.

In 2016 the District Council adopted a fixed penalty of £200 as standard for fly tipping offences, with a discounted level of £120 where payment is made within 10 days.  This report seeks to increase the fixed penalty fee to reflect changes in legislation and charges set by the other Derbyshire district and boroughs.

The Council’s Planning Enforcement Charter would outline and explain how the enforcement service is delivered.  It would include how to report a breach, prioritisation of cases, and how the Council deals with breaches.

This report sets out the comments received following a 6-week consultation of the proposed local validation list (which was presented to this Committee on the 21^st November 2024), a response to those comments, and a recommendation to approve the use of the list when validating planning applications.

The Autumn Budget included an announcement concerning Household Support Fund Round 6 (HSF6). Further details have only just been published and the scheme will operate in a very similar fashion to the previous rounds, though it is only for the last 6 months of 2024/25. Derbyshire County Council have indicated they will pass on a proportion of their £5m allocation, with around £900,000 for district and borough councils. As with the previous rounds it is proposed to deliver grants directly to residents through the Housing Team and Revenues and Benefits service. The HSF has been a significant factor behind the District Council’s ability to perform its homelessness prevention duties.

This report seeks the Committee’s approval for 11 new bids for capital projects to be referred to Council for inclusion in the District Council’s Capital Programme.