Purpose

On 15 July 2022 Cabinet accepted £0.900m of funding from local health partners to deliver improvement in Jaywick Sands.
The Corporate Director for Operations and Delivery, in consultation with the portfolio holder for Housing, was authorised to implement the associated schemes and projects.
Exercising this delegation, the Corporate Director signed a decision on 26 August 2022 to commence a series of projects:
1. The setting up of a dedicated environmental health team to address poor housing conditions in the private rented housing in the area.
2. Environmental clean up
3. Improvements to open and green space
The £0.900m funding was originally awarded for a two year period ending on 31 March 2025. As £0.690m of the original sum remains unspent a further MOU has has been drafted providing a further three years from 1 April 2025 in which to spend the funding. The attached MOU sets out the scope of the project which is broadly a continuation of strand 1 set out above. Environmental and open space improvements are now being funded via a separate route.

Decision

To enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board on behalf of the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance to continue investment to support the ongoing work and development around activities associated with and under the umbrella of health housing.

Alternative options considered

The alternative option considered is to return the funding and discontinue the project. Given that there is still much to be achieved by the project this was considered to be the least desirable option. The Health and Wellbeing Alliance are keen that the funding is retained and spent by the Council.