Housing & Leisure Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Work Programme 2025/26

Role and Remit: To scrutinise Housing and Leisure (including Culture)

Committee Meeting - Wednesday 11 June 2025 at 10am
Subject	Description
Housing Improvements & Regulatory Update	Progress update on implementation of the improvement plan – Andrew Rowe
Housing Annual Review	Housing Performance & Service Improvement Annual Report, including annual complaints self-assessment and summary of tenant involvement – Andrew Rowe
Lettable Standard Review	Task Group Final Report and draft revised Lettable Standard
Draft Compensation Policy	First draft for O&S feedback -  Vicky Young
Draft Disrepair Policy	First draft for O&S feedback -  Vicky Young
Draft Housing Delivery Plan Consultation	Joint Venture Development – Verbal Update – Hannah Heinemann
Lunch Break (12 – 12:30pm)
Scarborough Football Ground	Update on condition of pitch and way forward – Nic Harne / Jo Ireland
Leisure & Culture Performance	Performance update – Will Boardman & Jo Ireland
Homeless & Rough Sleeping Strategy	First draft Homeless and Rough Sleeping Strategy – Kim Robertshaw
Work Programme 2025-26	Work Programme 2025-26
Mid Cycle Briefing - Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 11am
Committee Meeting - Tuesday 23 September 2025 at 10am
Subject	Description
Leisure Investment Strategy Update	To include Richmond Pool options appraisal review – David Ashbridge, Head of Operations, Active Leisure
Libraries	Annual Review of Libraries – Hazel Smith, Head of Libraries
HRA Policy Framework	Next Steps – an overview of work to date and suggested next steps for further member engagement - Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Housing Improvements & Regulatory Update	Update on Housing Improvement Board key actions – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Complaints	Dashboard summary of complaints handling including Ombudsman cases
Grounds Maintenance Review	Verbal update on ongoing Task Group Review
Work Programme 2025-26
Mid Cycle Briefing - Wednesday 5 November 2025 at 3:30pm
Consideration of the Work Programme
Committee Meeting - Monday 1 December 2025 at 10am
Subject	Description
Library Strategy Mid Term Review	Overview and update on Strategy review -Hazel Smith, Head of Libraries
Active NY Membership & Pricing Review	Draft Pricing Structure – Jo Ireland, AD Culture & Leisure & Ben Walker, Commercial Development Manager
Leisure Service Performance Update	Performance and Service Improvement Bi-Annual Update – Richard Mair, Strategy & Performance Lead
Joint Venture Development	Progress update - Hannah Heinemann, Head of Housing Delivery and Partnerships
Draft Asset Management Strategy	For comment prior to its consideration by the Executive on 16 December 2025 - Hannah Heinemann, Head of Housing Delivery and Partnerships
Draft Tenancy Agreement and Tenancy Policy	For comment prior to Executive Member consideration on 14 January 2026 – Carl Doolan, Head of Housing Management and Landlord Services
*Draft Right to Buy Policy	For comment prior to Executive Member consideration on 10 December 2025 - - Hannah Heinemann, Head of Housing Delivery and Partnerships
Lettable Standard Review	Verbal update on the implementation of the recommendation arising from the previous Lettable Standard Review, relating to future monitoring arrangements – Andrew Rowe
Q2 Housing Improvements & Regulatory Update	Update on Housing Improvement Board key actions – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing & Vicky Young, Housing Service Improvement Manager
Complaints	Dashboard summary of complaints handling including Ombudsman cases – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing & Vicky Young,
Work Programme 2025-26
Mid Cycle Briefing - Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 10am
Committee Meeting - Tuesday 3 March 2026 at 10am
Subject	Description
Strategic Leisure Review	Bi-annual Update to include progress update on Richmond Pool emergency works – Jo Ireland, AD Culture & Leisure
Grounds Maintenance Policy Review	Task Group review final report and draft Policy
Shared Ownership Policy	Draft Policy for consideration and comment – Andrew Rowe/Vicky Young
Empty Homes	Introductory Paper on Empty Homes – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Housing Allocations	Review of Policy – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Renters Reform	Briefing paper on new legislation and implications for Council – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Housing Improvements & Regulatory Update	Update on Housing Improvement Board key actions – Andrew Rowe, AD Housing
Complaints	Dashboard summary of complaints handling including Ombudsman cases
Draft Work Programme 2026-27
Mid Cycle Briefing - Monday 22 April 2026 at 10am

Possible future items:

Tenants Feedback – Attendance of Chair of Tenants Association

Leisure Investment Strategy – Phase II

Relevant Performance Indicators:

Primary Indicator - CD11 Average re-let time in days (standard re-lets in month)

Homes are vacant for longer between tenants while energy efficiency and renovation works are carried out. A very small number of homes that had been unoccupied for some time are being brought back into use, which skews this measure upwards. Benchmarking across local authority landlords at the end of Q3 places North Yorkshire in the fourth quartile. Average re-let times increased from October (135.00 days) to December (142.07 days)

Benchmarking Data – 2024/25: Q2: 90.62 Q1: 73.52    2023/24 52.1 days    2022/23 51.9 days    2021/22 43.5 days

Primary Indicator - CD19 Households assessed as homeless per 1000 households

The proportion of households that were assessed and found to be homeless in Q3 was smaller than the previous quarter but above last year’s Q3 level. 347 households were accepted as homeless between October and December 2024, down from 414 in Q2. The household total is based on the latest ONS projection, which estimates the number of households in each local authority area for a given year. (For 2024, this is 280,548.) This tends to exaggerate change between calendar years, i.e. between Q3 and Q4 each year. Regional and national data reporting lag: the latest comparison data show that in Q1 2024/25 North Yorkshire’s rate was about two thirds of the mean for unitary authorities (2.00)