The Chair announced that Councillor Asare had been appointed as a Director of Homes for Reading Limited replacing Councillor Eden.  This appointment was made under the Monitoring Officer’s delegation.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 21 October were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

To receive any petitions from the public and any questions from the public and Councillors.

Questions on the following matters were submitted by members of the public:

This report provides an update on the current Local Authority New Build (LANB) programme.

The Committee considered a report on the status of the Local Authority New Build (LANB) programme which had delivered 267 local authority new build homes and an additional 63 property acquisitions, with schemes in development to deliver another 218 new homes by 2027. This would take the total LANB delivery  ...  view the full minutes text for item 37.

The following motion will be moved by the Chair:

“That, pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following items on the agenda, as it is likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant Paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of that Act”

Resolved –

That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of item 39 below as it was likely that there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs specified in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.

The Committee gave further consideration to the increased spend approval and budget reallocation as referred to in Minute 37 above.

Resolved –

(1)          That the revised budget allocations within the Local Authority New Build Phase 2 – 4 Capital Programme scheme, as set out in more detail in section 9  ...  view the full minutes text for item 39.