Social Value Ideas for Aberdeen City Council

Premises Licence Rejection - 4 Clooney Place

Provisional premises licence application REJECTED for 4 Clooney Place convenience store due to significant safeguarding and compliance concerns. Objections raised by Postmaster at No.10 Cluny Place an…

“The same person now using their friend name to get the provisional alcohol license to number 4 Clooney Place... Even Quarry Hill School head teacher m…”

Public nuisance and safety concerns - Fraser House flats 25 & 26

Multiple objections (9 for each flat) raised severe concerns regarding public nuisance including: alleged sex work activity, parties and excessive noise, intercom abuse, building access control issues…

“The nuisance within the building caused to residents is quite severe...a lot of sex work going on in the building...There is frequently parties...the …”

Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Exemption Application Withdrawn

Application for exemption from wheelchair accessible vehicle policy from Mr. Lawrence Leeper was withdrawn by applicant on 2 November 2023. Applicant indicated he could not proceed with application. T…

“we have received an email from Mr Leeper himself saying, 'Hello, I do not wish to proceed with my application at the licensing meeting on 2 November 2…”

Taxi Driver Exemption Approved - Street Knowledge Test

Exemption from street knowledge test policy granted to Mr. Edward Marr for taxi driver license renewal application. Committee approved exemption after determining that applicant did not receive remind…

“the committee have agreed to grant you an exemption from the requirement to undergo the street knowledge test, so you can submit an application for a …”

Committee Vote on Urgency Status

The committee voted on a procedural motion (moved by Councillor Malik) to declare the Engineer's report item as non-urgent. The motion was defeated 3-4 votes in favour, confirming the item would be tr…

“There are 3 votes for the procedural motion, 4 votes against the procedural motion. The procedural motion is therefore defeated.”

Councillor Ewell Appointed as Meeting Convener

Councillor Ewell was elected as convener of the Council meeting, receiving 22 votes compared to opposing nominee Councillor Crockett's 19 votes. The appointment was made due to the unavailability of t…

“There are 22 votes for Councillor Ewell, 19 votes for Councillor Crockett. Councillor Ewell is therefore appointed convener.”

City Region Deal - Partners Data Access and Audit Trail

Partners in the City Region Deal are not consistently providing governance documents (board minutes, agendas) and financial supporting documentation (invoices, valuations, allocation calculations) as …

“So at the start of this audit, we asked for what I would call governance documents, so things like board agendas, minutes to demonstrate ongoing appli…”

Unsatisfactory HMIE Inspection Across All Core Indicators

Northfield Academy received unsatisfactory grades in all four core quality indicators: leadership of change, learning/teaching/assessment, ensuring wellbeing/equality/inclusion, and raising attainment…

“Grading of unsatisfactory in all core QIs were shared. Within How Good Is Our School, the evaluation framework used by HMIE, a grading of unsatisfacto…”

New S1 Educational Model Implementation

Introduction of a new S1 model featuring base classes of 20 pupils with primary-trained teachers delivering literacy, numeracy, and social studies using interdisciplinary learning approaches. Speciali…

“We're putting children into smaller classes of 20 with one base teacher who's a primary-trained colleague... The class teacher there would be deliveri…”

Tactical Teams Structure for School Improvement

Six tactical teams established comprising peer headteachers and central officers with improvement track records. Teams focused on: safeguarding, leadership of change, learning/teaching/assessment, wel…

“Tactical teams were established made up of peer headteachers and central officers with a proven track record in realising improvement in their own est…”