The Residents' Services Select Committee was scheduled to discuss the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy for 2026-2030, review the Council's commercial and general waste services, and consider the draft West London Waste Plan. The Committee was also due to review the Cabinet's Forward Plan and its own Work Programme.

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy Consultation Draft

The Committee was scheduled to review the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy for 2026-2030, which aims to provide a compassionate, preventative, and empowering approach to tackling homelessness and rough sleeping. The strategy outlines five key priorities: early and sustained prevention of homelessness, resident-focused homelessness services, support for access to safe and suitable accommodation, targeted housing pathways for specific groups, and modern, data-led, cost-effective services. The draft strategy was informed by a comprehensive review of homelessness in Hillingdon and engagement with internal and external partners. The Committee was asked to provide comments for consideration by the Cabinet before final approval.

Commercial Waste and General Waste Services

This report was intended to provide an overview of the Council's commercial waste service performance and an update on borough-wide waste and recycling services for the 2025/26 financial year. It was expected to include key operational data, service changes linked to reforms such as Simpler Recycling, performance indicators, resident impacts, and ongoing improvement initiatives across Waste Services, Recycling, Trade Waste, and Street Cleansing. The report was also to cover the commercial waste service's income generation, contract cessations, and debt recovery efforts, as well as updates on general waste collection models, the garden waste service, and challenges with the vehicle fleet and recycling sacks.

West London Waste Plan

The Committee was scheduled to review the draft West London Waste Plan, a statutory document required for planning decisions related to waste management development. This plan, developed jointly by seven West London Local Planning Authorities, aims to replace the outdated 2015 plan and will cover the management of Household, Industrial, and Commercial (HIC) waste, Construction, Demolition and Excavation (C, D & E) waste, and Hazardous waste. The draft plan includes a vision, strategic objectives, and six policies covering safeguarding waste sites, providing additional capacity, residual waste management, ensuring high-quality facilities, recovery and disposal to land, and promoting a circular economy. The report indicated that current capacity in West London is sufficient to meet projected waste arisings and London Plan apportionments, with a focus on safeguarding existing sites and promoting intensification and modernisation.

Forward Plan

The Committee was to review the Cabinet's latest Forward Plan, which outlines key decisions and other decisions to be taken by the Cabinet collectively and by individual Cabinet Members over the coming year. This rolling document provides public notice of future key decisions. The Committee was expected to comment on items within its remit and potentially request further information or provide input on draft reports.

Work Programme

This item was to allow the Committee to note future meeting dates and forward plan its work for the current municipal year. The report was expected to list scheduled meetings and any planned site visits or specific topic-based discussions. The Committee's role in making recommendations to the Cabinet on service changes and improvements was also to be highlighted.