ARDS AND NORTH DOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL 3 October 2017 Dear Sir/Madam You are hereby invited to attend a meeting of the Corporate Services Committee of the Ards and North Down Borough Council which will be held in the Council Chamber, 2 Church Street, Newtownards on Tuesday, 10 October 2017 commencing at 7.00pm. Tea, coffee and sandwiches will be available from 6.00pm. Yours faithfully Stephen Reid Chief Executive Ards and North Down Borough Council A G E N D A 1. Apologies 2. Declarations of Interest 3. Deputations 3.1 NI Housing Executive (Report attached) 4. Budgetary Control Report – August 2017 (Report attached) 5. Request from Strangford Lough Wildfowlers and Conservation Association (Report attached) 6. Members Charter Update (Report attached) 7. Arrangements for Remembrance Sunday (Report attached) 8. Events to Mark Re-opening of Council Facilities (Report attached) 9. Lighting Up of Buildings (Report attached) 10. Blair Mayne Bursary (Report attached) 11. Transfer of Land to Department for Infrastructure at Blenheim Drive, Newtownards (Report attached) 12. Request from LPS to Install Gravity Station at The Long Hole, Bangor (Report attached) 13. Request from Northern Ireland Electricity to Lease Land at Chester Park, Bangor (Report attached) 14. Request from Portavogie Youth Football Club to Place a Storage Container at Brandon's Brae, New Harbour Road, Portavogie (Report attached) 15. Request from North Down Hockey Club to Erect a Temporary Scaffolding Tower at Comber Leisure Centre (Report attached) 16. Notices of Motion 16.1 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Boyle and Councillor Menagh ‘That this Council agrees to Elected Members, Directors along with Heads of Service being informed of, in agreement with the member of staff or elected member, with reference to the passing of a family member / relative. Further, that Elected Members, Directors along with Heads of Service are informed of the funeral arrangements as and when they have been established.’ 16.2 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Muir and Alderman Smith ‘That this Council agrees to write to Transport NI urging they extend the 30mph speed restriction on 800m section of B20 from Clandeboye Avenue to current 30mph gateway at Crawfordsburn Filling Station.’ 16.3 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper ‘That this Council advocates that all veterans of HM Forces, and RUC/PSNI, are given priority in housing and relocating over and above non UK Citizens those arriving from abroad and will write to the appropriate departments to urge their compliance.’ 16.4 Notice of Motion submitted by Councillor Cooper ‘That this council sets up a working group to oversee the harmonisation of all salaries and job responsibilities throughout all departments, (especially in recycling centres), and identifies and rectifies any discrepancy in policy(s) across both legacy councils to bring them into line to ensure effective and smooth operational transition.’ ITEMS 17 - 24 ***IN CONFIDENCE*** 17. Absence Report – Quarter 1 2017/18 (Report attached) 2 18. Report of Corporate Project Portfolio Board Meetings held April – July 2017 (Report attached) 19. Letting of Office Space at Conway Buildings in South Street, Newtownards (Report attached) 20. Extension of Office Furniture Contract (Report attached) 21. Vehicular Access at Shore Road, Holywood (Report attached) 22. Request for Licence to Access Temporary Works Area of Hibernia Street, Holywood (Report attached) 23. Request to Consent for Assignment from BJ Marine Ltd (Report attached) 24. Lease of land from NIHE for Kilcooley 3G Pitch (Report attached) 25. Any Other Notified Business MEMBERSHIP OF CORPORATE SERVICES COMMITTEE (14 Members) Alderman Carson Councillor Chambers Alderman Gibson Councillor Gilmour (Vice Chairman) Alderman Girvan (Chairman) Councillor Kennedy Alderman Graham Councillor Muir Alderman Keery Councillor McIlveen Councillor Barry Councillor Smart Councillor Brooks Councillor Smith 3 Ards and North Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2017 Geography of Ards and North Down Borough Council Ards and North Down Borough Council is divided into seven district electoral areas Contents Foreword 3 Introduction 5 Vision 5 HIP themes and outcomes 5 The HIP and the Community Plan 6 The HIP and the Local Development Plan 6 Context 7 Strategic Context 7 Local Context 11 Update on resources/budget 13 Progress Report 13 Theme One: Identify and meet housing need and demand 15 Theme Two: Improving people’s homes 23 Theme Three: Transforming people’s lives 27 Theme Four: Enabling sustainable neighbourhoods 31 Theme Five: Delivering quality services 37 Appendices 39 Appendix 1: Community Planning Themes and Outcomes 39 Appendix 2: Social Housing Need by settlement 2016/21 40 Appendix 3: Social Housing Development Programme 41 Appendix 4: Maintenance and Grants programme 44 Appendix 5: Management Team contact details 47 Appendix 6: Glossary 48 This document is available in alternative formats. Contact: Land and Regeneration (Housing Analytics), The Housing Centre, 2 Adelaide Street, Belfast BT2 8PB Tel: 03448 920 900 Fax: (028) 9031 8775 Textphone: 0845 6504381 Email: [email protected] www.nihe.gov.uk All mapping material within the document is crown copyright and is reproduced with permission of Land and Property Services under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, © Crown copyright and Database rights NIMA ES&LA209.3. 1 Ards and North Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2017 37,611 86,069 applicants were on the housing waiting homes managed by the Housing Executive list at 31 March 2017 367,412 23,694 repairs were carried out at a cost of £41.9m, of these classified as being in housing stress which equates to approximately four repairs per dwelling 11,488 housing applicants were deemed to be homeless after investigation £511 £ the average amount we spent on each dwelling for repairs 4,740 approvals were issued to private households to assist with insulation and heating measures through the Affordable Warmth Scheme £107.3m invested in over 23,000 homes 1,604 new homes were started through the Housing Executive’s Social Housing 7,970 Development Programme social homes were allocated last year 19,060 £336m housing support places were provided to assist the we collected 99.87% of rent and rates on our most vulnerable citizens in our local community £ properties 1,070 Disabled Facilities Grants were approved 500 to the value of approximately £11.3m community groups worked in partnership with us through the Housing Community Network 668 mandatory Repair Grants were approved 0.31% lettable voids continue to remain low, with only 0.31% of our stock vacant £671m paid out in Housing Benefit payments £ 61,263 £ claims for Housing Benefit assessed and 510,831 changes made to existing claims £860,000 awarded through our Social Housing Enterprise (SHE) Strategy, with 99 schemes 61 supported and 25 new initiatives created jobs created or supported by SHE initiatives 2 Foreword In 2015 we published our four year relationships and also to benefit Housing Investment Plans (HIP). These from collaboration and the sharing plans identified housing-related desired of information. The HIP has been outcomes, and were intended to initiate instrumental in this process. discussions with councils and other Close working with stakeholders, and stakeholders in order to develop a shared our role in the Community Plan are key vision for the future of housing in each elements in the Housing Executive’s council area. ‘Journey to Excellence’ programme, Last year we published our first HIP which aims to deliver top class housing annual update, and now we are and regeneration solutions that meet the publishing the second annual update. needs of communities and partners, now This update reports on the progress of the and in the future. Housing Executive and other agencies to We look forward in 2017 to developing achieve the intended outcomes, and on further our relationships with councils how we plan to deliver housing ambitions and other stakeholders through the over the remaining two years of the HIP, various planning and Community and the longer term. Planning processes to build lasting In 2015, new powers were given to housing solutions that benefit the local councils, including responsibility whole community. for planning and a duty to produce a Community Plan. The Housing Executive, as a statutory partner in planning and Community Planning, has engaged with the new Local Development Plan (LDP) and Community Planning teams, other statutory partners and community representatives. Joint working throughout the last Professor Peter Roberts year has enabled us to develop strong Interim Chair 3 Ards and North Down Housing Investment Plan Annual Update 2017 4 Introduction In 2015, the Housing Executive The annual update retains the HIP Themes and Outcomes published the Ards and North Down framework based around five themes and Housing Investment Plan (HIP) 2015-19, associated outcomes. Detailed information THEME ONE which aims to provide a long term and of proposals is set out in the Appendices. Identify and meet housing need ambitious vision for the development All statistics in this document refer to the and demand of housing. This is the second annual Ards and North Down Borough Council 1. Identify new housing update which records progress of unless otherwise stated. requirements. actions set out in the HIP for 2015-19, HIP update 2016-17, and details new 2. Increase the supply of affordable proposals for 2017-19. The annual Vision renting to meet the needs of communities. update should be read in conjunction The housing sector throughout Northern with the HIP 2015-19. Ireland faces a number of challenges 3. Assist home ownership. This annual update will not only show in the current economic climate but is THEME TWO how the actions contribute to achieving committed to working in a way that Improving people’s homes the HIP outcomes but also how they can goes beyond a simple ‘bricks and mortar’ 4.