Sarah Barnes
Council: Crawley
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Minor amendments to the Housing Allocations Scheme and allocation quotas
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Purpose: Amend the existing main and temporary sub-quota in the Housing Allocations Scheme to increase the number of allocations to households on the housing register either at risk of homelessness or owed the main housing duty in order to impact the use and cost of temporary accommodation. Background: The Council is experiencing significant pressures on its homelessness services, resulting in elevated use of and longer stays in nightly paid temporary accommodation. This is putting the Councils financial position at risk and is a corporate priority to address. Longer stays in temporary accommodation also put unnecessary strain on households who have no other choice but to remain there while waiting for an offer of housing. On 21st February 2024 Crawley Borough Council declared a housing emergency, advising that the demand for temporary and settled accommodation was consistently higher than the supply, and that the financial impact was unsustainable for the Council. Section 5.1.1 of the Housing Allocation Scheme (the Scheme) sets out the main quota that describes how available social housing is to be allocated by banding/applicant type. This section of the Scheme advises that the proportion split of the quota will be reviewed on an annual basis and that if the review concludes that a different proportion split may better achieve the aim of balancing the competing needs of those needing housing (such as homeless households, those in reasonable preference groups), it may be amended for the coming year by the Head of Strategic Housing following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing. Section 5.1.2 of the Housing Allocation Scheme is the temporary sub-quota that can be enacted for up to six-months at a time. The temporary sub-quota in 5.1.2 is an example and has not been amended to date. Continued increase in demand on the service, a decline in the supply of properties available, and a mismatch of properties to households increasingly means that the quota is limited in its ability to be effective. It is proposed that the temporary sub-quota already set out in the Scheme be updated under delegated authority to better address the pressures on the service. In addition, other minor amendments to the scheme are required so that care leavers with a strong local connection to West Sussex can qualify to join the housing register and that direct lets can be made to homeless households residing in emergency temporary accommodation when the urgent need arises when owed the “relief” duty under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 (as amended).
Recommendations Approved
Calculation Of The Non-Domestic Rates Income For The Year 2024/2025
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
...to approve the Non-Domestic Rates Income for 2024/2025 as set out in report FIN/646, which calculates the non-domestic rates income and its distribution between central government, Crawley Borough Council, and West Sussex County Council.
Recommendations Approved
Award of Contract: Joint Electoral Print
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
To approve a 6 year print contract for all election printing, which would include and not limited to the print of ballot papers, postal vote packs, poll cards, Invitation to Register (ITR) Packs This is a joint procurement conducted with HDC, MSDC and MVDC
Recommendations Approved
2023/2024 Budget Monitoring - Quarter 3
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
The report will set out a summary of the Council’s actual revenue and capital spending for the quarter to December 2023 together with the main variations from the approved spending levels and impact on future budgets
Recommendations Approved
Review Of Crawley Borough Councils Statement Licensing Policy for 2024 - 2029
From: Constitution - Monday, 27th October, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Crawley Borough Council is obliged to provide a Licensing Policy, under the Licensing Act 2003, for liquor, late night refreshment and regulated entertainment. The legislation requires the policy to be updated every 5 years
Recommmend Forward to Council
Summary
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