Social Value Ideas for Harrow London Borough Council

Licensing Panel Decision - Written Notification Required

Licensing Panel to issue written decision on premises licence application within five working days following the 16 October 2025 hearing. Decision will be communicated in writing to applicant and obje…

“The final decision will be given in writing within five working days so it won't be given at the end of this meeting. So just to make that clear it wi…”

Licensing Conditions Dispute - High Strength Alcohol and Sales Restrictions

Metropolitan Police sought to impose four conditions on new premises licence: (1) Alcohol sales 9am-midnight instead of 6am-2am, (2) No single cans of beer/lager/cider, (3) No miniature bottles under …

“the conditions which weren't agreed by the applicant, in particular that the sale of alcohol should commence at 9am and shall end at midnight. And als…”

McLeod remedy deadline missed

The fund was unable to complete the McLeod remedy calculations by the statutory deadline of 31 August 2026 and must self-report the breach to the Pensions Regulator. To address the capacity shortfall,…

“I will draw your attention to paragraph 15, 16, 17 and 18. We have had an issue that relates to the McLeod remedy. We were required to, by 31 August, …”

Pensions admin vacancies reduce performance

The pensions administration team’s performance fell from 72% to 65% of tasks completed, with the decline attributed to staffing gaps. The main difficulty is recruiting supervisor-level staff who check…

“The report begins on page 14. I will draw your attention to the table on page 15. Table 2, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 describes the performance of th…”

Care leaver local offer refreshed

Harrow is updating its care leaver local offer in partnership with young people, with a two-stage approach: an immediate content update to the webpage/booklet and a later phase to add short videos, ea…

“So the local offer for care leavers has been updated in partnership and collaboration with our young people. And I'm going to stop talking because the…”

Council tax support continued

Care leavers continue to receive council tax support or exemptions, including arrangements where Harrow pays another authority where needed. This is an ongoing revenue commitment for the council.

“The council tax rebate and offer for all our care leavers, whether they're in Harrow or in any other borough, is actually sorted out. And it's regular…”