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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST FOR THIS ITEM:
 
None
 

RESOLVED:
 
That
Cabinet:

Adopted the draft
Good Neighbourhood Management Policy to come into effect from 23
December 2025.

Delegated authority
to the Director of Housing, in consultation with the relevant
Cabinet member for Housing and Planning, to make any future
modifications to this policy required by changes to legal or
regulatory requirements arising in the three-year period before the
policy was due for review.

Reasons for
Decision
This newly drafted, clear and accessible policy outlined the
Council’s approach to tenancy management for Council tenants
and their wider households. It also helped the Council meet the
Social Housing Regulator’s consumer standards, specifically
the Tenancy Standard and the Transparency, Influence and
Accountability Standard.

Alternative Options
Considered
The Council could have continued without a policy on good
neighbourhood management. This option was rejected because it would
not have met the Council’s needs or those of its tenants.
Introducing this new policy assisted the Council in meeting the
Social Housing Regulator’s Transparency, Influence and
Accountability Standard requirement to deliver fair, reasonable,
accessible and transparent policies. Not introducing this policy
would also not have met the Council’s commitment to introduce
updated policies in the Housing Strategy 2024 and the Housing
Improvement Plan 2023.