The Minutes of the meeting of 10 November 2021 were confirmed as a correct record.

Minutes of the Community Safety Partnership meeting held on 11 November 2021.

The Minutes of the following meeting were submitted:

Community Safety Partnership – 11 November 2021.

Resolved -    That the Minutes be received.

Questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been submitted in writing and received by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

The full text of the question and reply was made available on the Reading Borough Council website.

A presentation by Festival Republic.

Further to Minute 21 of the meeting held on 11 March 2020, James Crosbie, Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services, introduced Noel Painting and Victoria Chapman of Festival Republic who gave a presentation on the 2021 Reading Festival.  The presentation particularly focused on the issues of safeguarding,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

A presentation giving an update on the Council’s Rent With Confidence scheme.

Further to Minute 18 of the meeting held on 10 November 2021, James Crosbie, Assistant Director of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services, presented a short video which demonstrated the customer-facing side of the Council’s new Rent with Confidence website.

The video showed the various stages that both tenants and landlords  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

A report setting out the successes of the Reading, Place of Culture project, proposing, seeking agreement for the proposed Action Plan andauthority for the Assistant Director for Culture, in consultation with the Lead Member for Culture, Heritage and Recreation, to incorporate the actions within existing or emerging delivery plans.

Further to Minute 20 of the meeting held on 10 March 2021, the Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report which informed the Committee of the successes of the Reading, Place of Culture project, sought agreement for the proposed Action Plan and authority for the Assistant Director  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.

A report presenting Low Carbon Housing Action Plans for RBC housing stock and private sector housing for endorsement.

Further to Minute 9 of the meeting held on 6 July 2021, the Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report seeking agreement for the Low Carbon Housing Action Plan for RBC housing and the Low Carbon Housing Action Plan for private sector housing, which were attached  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.

This report highlights key achievements of the Housing Service over the past financial year and sets out the work programme for the Council’s housing stock for the next financial year.

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report which highlighted key achievements of the Housing Service over the past financial year and set out the work programme for the Council’s housing stock for the next financial year.  The following documents were appended to the report:

Appendix 1  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.

A report updating Members of the Committee on the progress towards establishing self-management as an option for managing the Council’s 20 allotment sites.

Further to Minute 24 of the meeting held on 10 November 2021, the Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report which updated the Committee on the progress towards establishing self-management as an option for managing the Council’s 20 allotment sites.  The following documents were appended  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35.

A report updating members on the results of extending the re-wilding experiment and on the recommended next steps contained in the draft updated Wildflower Plan.

Further to Minute 8 of the meeting held on 15 December 2020, the Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report which gave details of the Rewilding project results to date, the operational changes that had been necessary to achieve the results and set out the recommended  ...  view the full minutes text for item 36.