Social Value Ideas for Boston Borough Council

Vehicle Service Workshop Approval with Conditions

Planning Committee approved B25/0406 application for change of use of garage from residential to commercial vehicle service and repair workshop. Approval subject to conditions controlling hours, noise…

“Right. So you you propose the council Middleton and seconded by councelor Riard. All those in favor of the police show then.”

Residential Extension Application Approved

Planning Committee approved B25/0460 application for single-story front extension to residential dwelling at South Foo Main Road, Brother Boston. Applicant is Councillor Evans (ward member). No repres…

“Therefore, to conclude, it is the office's view that the proposed development accords with the relevant local plan policies and the recommendation is …”

Archaeological Investigation Works Required

Condition 4 requires that a written scheme of archaeological investigation must be submitted and approved by the authority before any groundwork commences on the site. This represents a procurement op…

“condition four sorry states that yeah no ground work shall take place until a written scheme of investigation has been spitted to approve by authority”

Planning Application Approval - Land Use Change

Planning Committee voted to approve the application for change of use of land to provide storage and commercial parking facilities, subject to revised conditions. Main revision involved condition amen…

“Therefore, the recommendation is to approve commission with a revision to condition into account that the work has already commenced”

Good Home Alliance funding

Cabinet approved accepting additional Disabled Facilities Grant funding and using £26,989 of it to continue the Good Home Alliance advice and casework service from 2026-07-01 to 2028-03-31. The report…

“To continue the service from July 26 to March 28, Boston Council is asked to contribute 26,989 which can be fully funded from the additional £55,211 d…”

LAHF round four homes

Cabinet approved participation in Local Authority Housing Fund round four, with a total scheme value of £667,000 made up of £302,000 government funding and £365,000 council reserve match funding. The …

“This report then seeks approval to accept the government's local authority housing fund round four allocation and provides the required match funding …”

Local Authority Housing Fund match

The council approved amendment of the 2026/27 capital programme to include Local Authority Housing Fund round four, with a scheme value of £667,000. Funding is split between grant support and council …

“This report seeks approval for the council to create the necessary capital budget to enable the council to participate in round four of government's l…”

State Street LOBO Loan Repayment

Council successfully negotiated repayment of problematic State Street LOBO loan (originally £1m at 11.125% annual interest, dating from 1991). Loan had been transferred to Rolls-Royce pension fund. On…

“They offered um the council a once-in-a-lifetime offer as they called it of um a flat payment of 1.5 million pounds um which was £300,000 lower than t…”

Draft outturn underspend

The committee noted a draft outturn underspend of £104,153 for 2025/26 and an available reserve balance of £324,863 before a further £30,000 minimum reserve increase in 2026/27. Members discussed whet…

“This report starts on page 21 of your agenda pack and details the draft out term position for twenty fivetwenty six covering the period 04/01/2025 to …”

External Audit - Land and Building Valuation Issues

KPMG identified significant difficulties during external audit relating to timeliness and quality of responses from the internal valuer regarding land and buildings valuations. The internal valuer is …

“We have faced difficulties during our work over a significant risk of the valuation of land and buildings in particular the timeliness and quality of …”