Decision details

To approve the selection of seven estate improvement pilots as part of the estate improvement plans agreed by cabinet in March 2019.

1.  That the selection of seven estate improvement pilots to test new ways of working as set out in paragraphs 10 and 11 of the report be approved.

2.  That the creation of a fixed-term community gardening co-ordinator post to deliver the council commitment to ‘give residents the tools to garden and improve their estate’ as detailed in paragraph 22 of the report be noted.

3.  That it be noted that the information gathered as part of the Great Estates consultation exercise is to be retained as a resource to inform future estate improvement work beyond the initial pilot estates.  That this resource be developed into an interactive repository that can be added to from a range of sources – residents, officers, partners - and searched thematically or by location be approved.