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Salford
City Council - Record of Decision
 
I, Councillor Tracy
Kelly, Statutory Deputy City
Mayor and Lead Member for Housing and Anti-Poverty, in exercise of the powers contained within the
City Council Constitution, do
hereby:
 
Approve the request for additional discretionary assistance
(£20,061.17) in excess of the value permissible under policy
(£50,000). The total value of discretionary assistance
requested will be £70,061.17, including VAT, via a legal
charge is £70,061.17.
 
The
Reasons are:
This approval will support a
Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) policy exception allowing Salford
City Council to apply greater flexibility for Individual X which
will enable the recommended adaptations to be completed thus
promoting Individual X health, wellbeing and
independence.
 
Options considered and rejected were:
Not to approve the exceptions
to policy in respect of Individual X.
 
Assessment of Risk:
 

Number

Risk

Likelihood

Impact

1

Without the recommended
adaptations, Individual X will have little to no
independence

High

High

2

Requirement for additional care
to support Individual X and their parent with the assessed care
needs at home resulting in high ongoing, long-term costs

High

High

 
The
source of funding is:
Salford City Council Disabled
Facilities Grant Capital.
 
Legal Advice
obtained:
Hugo Hollingsworth, Shared Legal Service
This
proposal is in line with the current policy and
legislation.
 
Financial Advice obtained: Stephen
Thynne, Strategic Finance Manager
This
report considers adaptations required to a property to meet
Individual X’s needs. Total cost of the works proposed is
£100,061.17 (including a £10K contingency) and it is
proposed this is met by £30,000 mandatory DFG, £50,000
discretionary DFG (permissible under policy) and a further
£20,061.17 additional discretionary DFG.
 
It
has been confirmed that there is £235K of equity in the
property and the discretionary assistance (£70,061.17) will
be secured by way of a legal charge.
 
Procurement Advice
obtained: NA
 
HR Advice
obtained: NA
 
Climate Change Advice
obtained: NA
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:
The relevant documents contain
exempt or confidential information and are not available for public
inspection.
 
Contact
Officer:    Jessica Ta’ati         
email: jessica.taati@salford.gov.uk
         
This decision is not subject to
consideration by another Lead Member.
 
The appropriate scrutiny panel
to call-in the decision is the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny
Panel.
         
 
 

Signed: Councillor Tracy Kelly                         
Dated: 15th July 2025
Statutory Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for Housing &
Anti-Poverty
 

 
This decision was published on 18th July 2025.
 
This decision will come into force at
4.00 p.m. on 25th July 2025, unless it is called-in in accordance with the
decision-making process rules.