The Regeneration & Housing Overview & Scrutiny Panel were scheduled to meet to discuss the Doncaster Tenancy Strategy 2025-2030, and the Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan 2025/26 and Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. The meeting was also scheduled to include a period for public statements.

Doncaster Tenancy Strategy 2025-2030

The panel were scheduled to discuss the Doncaster Tenancy Strategy 2025-2030. The council is required by law to prepare and publish a Tenancy Strategy to guide registered social housing providers on how to formulate their tenancy policies. The strategy ensures that tenancy policies across different providers in a local area are consistent and aligned with broader housing goals.

The Tenancy Strategy must cover:

a. Types of tenancies that providers will offer.

b. Circumstances under which different types of tenancies will be granted.

c. Length of fixed-term tenancies, if applicable.

d. Conditions for renewing or ending tenancies at the end of a fixed term.

Doncaster Tenancy Strategy Report

The report pack notes that the new iteration of the Tenancy Strategy includes one key change relating to fixed term tenancies, which will apply to new St Leger Homes of Doncaster (SLHD) tenancies only, leaving existing tenancies unaffected. Previously, fixed term tenancies were issued until the 19th birthday of the youngest child, but the new strategy proposes 5-year fixed terms that continue to renew until the need for that property is no longer present.

The report pack also notes that consultation has taken place regarding changes to the information relating to succession rights¹. The council expects all social housing landlords to apply legislation, however, the Localism Act 2011 makes provision for a landlord to insert an express clause into the tenancy agreement or allocations policy, which allows them to have a policy that is not less favourable than legislation. SLHD currently have an express clause which allows the succession of non-family members to all secure tenancies regardless of tenancy commencement date, and the council may amend or remove this clause following consultation.

The report recommends that the panel consider the proposed changes and endorse the new Tenancy Strategy.

Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan 2025/26 and Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions

The panel were scheduled to discuss the Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan 2025/26 and the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

The Overview and Scrutiny Work Plan included the following possible issues for future consideration:

• Thrive Model updates
• Visit to Bentley Pavilion
• Women's health and well being including Sexual Health Service
• Airport Update
• Shared Prosperity Fund update
• Community Safety Strategy
• Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy
• Local Plan Update
• Levelling Up Round 3 - Mexborough Regeneration/Thorne and Moorends
• Major Schemes - Waterfront, Waterdale
• Waste
• Visit to Waste Transfer Station
• Support in communities to look after green spaces and parks
• Highways
• Fly Tipping Collection and Enforcement
• Flooding
• Scrutiny of the Safer Doncaster Partnership
• Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust (DCLT)

The Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions included the Doncaster Tenancy Strategy update, the Quarter 1 2025-26 Finance and Performance Report, the St Leger Homes Performance Report 2025/26 Quarter 1, the Youth Justice Plan 2024/25, and the New Secure Tenancy Agreement for Council tenants.