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1.        
RESOLVED that the general fund proposals in the Budget
Report regarding the 2024/25 budget for Property, Strategic
Planning and Infrastructure, Regeneration and Economic Development,
Employment, Skills & Enterprise, Place Making, Major Contracts,
Culture, Community Housing, Communities and Engagement, Shared
Environment Service be RECOMMENDED to the Corporate and
Resources Committee; 
 
2.        
RESOLVED that: 
 
(a)       the HRA 2024/25 base budget and proposal for growth
and savings as set out in this report be RECOMMENDED to the
Corporate and Resources Committee;
 

(b)       2024/25 average
social rent increase of 7.7% in
line with the Government policy and detailed in paragraphs 3 to
6 of Annex 10 to the report be agreed; 
 

(c)        tenant service charges for designated sheltered
accommodation are increased by a maximum of £3 per week,
subject to consultation, as detailed in paragraph 18 of
Annex 10 to the report;
 
(d)      
subject to the amendment to paragraph
15 of Annex 10 to the report(paragraph 7 of this report
refers), service charges for estates are to vary by block in
2024/25, subject to consultation and capping, and detailed in
paragraphs 14 to 17 of Annex 10 to the
report;
 

(e)       the 2024-25 rents
for HRA hostels, affordable rented and shared ownership properties
owned by the Council increase by 7.7% as detailed in
paragraphs 7 to 11 of Annex 10 to the
report;
 

(f)        the 2024-25 rents for non-dwellings and other
non-Housing dwellings owned by the Council increase by 7.7%
(September 2023 CPI +1%) as detailed in paragraphs 12 and 13
of Annex 10 to the report;
 

(g)       the indicative HRA revenue budgets for 2024/25
to 2027/28 set out in Enclosure 3 of Annex 10 to the
report; and
 
(h)      
the
additions and full HRA Capital Programme
as described in paragraphs 44 to 50 and detailed in
Enclosure 5 of Annex 10 to the report be RECOMMENDED
to the Corporate and Resources Committee.