Agenda and decisions

Noted.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To brief Cabinet on the status of Affordable Housing S106 contributions.

To recommend options to commit and spend the funding.

Author: Louise Corbett, Strategy and Policy Officer

Contact Details: louisecorbett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To agree to committing and spending S106 contributions linked to affordable housing as follows:

·        Chepstow & Caldicot Housing Market Area:

Severn View, Chepstow – up to £260,720 S106 contributions are applied to costs linked to the conversion and refurbishment of Severn View.

·        Abergavenny Housing Market Area

9 Park Crescent, Abergavenny – up to £250,000 S106 contributions are applied to the balance of costs of acquiring and refurbishing Park Crescent.

Acquisitions – £193,100.51 S106 contributions are applied to the cost of purchasing a suitable property off the open market.

·        Monmouth Housing Market Area

Nailers Lane, Monmouth – £28,556.34 S106 contributions are applied to the redevelopment of Nailers Lane.

Division/Wards Affected: All

Purpose: To provide Cabinet with the Panel Performance Assessment report and the authority’s draft response to the recommendations to enable Cabinet to consider the response ahead of it being presented to Governance and Audit Committee and Council in June.

To provide an update on the annual self-assessment process that will be followed to produce a draft evaluation of the council’s performance due to be considered by scrutiny committees in July and presented to Council in September.

Author: Matthew Gatehouse, Chief Officer – People, Performance and Partnerships

Contact Details: matthewgatehouse@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That Cabinet note the Panel Performance Assessment report attached at appendix 1.

That Cabinet endorse the draft response to the recommendations (appendix 2) ahead of presentation to Governance and Audit Committee and a subsequent decision by full Council.

That Cabinet note the process being followed to produce the annual self-assessment and propose any further adjustments to ensure the approach leads to a robust evidence-based evaluation of the authority’s performance.