Social Value Ideas for Brent London Borough Council

Affordable housing viability

Officers explained Brent and London Plan affordable housing policy, including the 50% strategic target and the viability-based threshold approach. For this scheme, the council's consultants tested mul…

“So both the London Plan and Brent's Local Plan has a strategic target for 50 % of new homes to be delivered as genuinely affordable homes. That obviou…”

Wembley NHS site housing scheme

A major redevelopment at the Wembley Centre for Health site proposes demolition and replacement with 108 homes, landscaping, a new pedestrian route, and parking. The applicant says construction could …

“The proposal is for demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide buildings for residential use ranging from three up …”

108-home Wembley redevelopment

The committee considered a major residential redevelopment of the Brent NHS Primary Care Trust / Wembley Centre for Health and Care site at 116 Chaplin Road. The proposal is to demolish existing build…

“So this is application reference number 260225 on land known as the Brent NHS Primary Care Trust, Wembley Centre for Health and Care, and 116 Chaplin …”

Brent Housing Compact

Cabinet considered and agreed a new voluntary housing compact to improve partnership working with registered providers, residents and the council. The compact is intended to strengthen accountability,…

“Thank you chair. I don't need three minutes just to say that my organisation Safran Dependent Housing which is a smaller provider in Brent, we have on…”

Training strategy updated

Members approved the updated training strategy to meet the new governance and training requirements under Fit for the Future. The strategy introduces individual training responsibility, a formal train…

“There is one recommendation, which is for the committee to approve the data training strategy that's enclosed in appendix one and note the requirement…”

Baillie Gifford exit completed

The fund has almost fully sold its Baillie Gifford multi-asset holding, reducing exposure from £110m to £2.2m, with proceeds redirected into protection assets. This is a concrete portfolio change refl…

“If you look at the line immediately below that there's an entry for the Elsev, Baillie Gifford multi asset fund and I just wanted to highlight that th…”

Fit for Future pooling complete

Brent has signed the investment management agreement and London CIV is moving to manage all of the fund's assets under the Fit for the Future regime. The committee was told that the updated investment…

“To meet the pooling requirements set by Fit for Future guidance, we have introduced an IMA, which Brent signed last month. What that investment manage…”

Temporary event notice approved with modifications

The committee decided not to issue a counter notice under the Licensing Act and allowed the temporary event to proceed, but only on modified terms agreed during the hearing. The approved arrangements …

“The subcommittee decided not to issue a counter notice under section 105 of the Licencing Act 2003. The temporary event may proceed in accordance with…”

Premises Licence Grant - Spoon and Rice

The Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing Sub-Committee has approved and granted a new premises licence for Spoon and Rice (Comfort Takeaway Services) at 16 High Road, Wilsden NW10 2QG. The licence perm…

“In these circumstances the subcommittee has decided that it's appropriate indeed to grant the licence sought, subject of course to the conditions agre…”

Premises licence refused

The sub-committee refused the adult gaming centre premises licence because it was not satisfied the application was consistent with the first and third licensing objectives. The decision letter says t…

“Something that you listened carefully to the representations made by the parties at the hearing and took into account the written representations. The…”