Social Value Ideas for Manchester City Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Manchester City Council in North West across 46 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Fly-tipping fine increase
The committee supported a proposal to raise fly-tipping fixed penalty notices to the maximum permitted level. Members also asked the council to lobby government for even stronger powers if possible, a…
“In item six, we're asked to endorse a proposal to increase fines for fly-tipping to the maximum permitted, which is 1,000 pound. I'm really happy to s…”
Greater technology use for enforcement
Members and officers discussed upgrading CCTV and exploring more agile technologies, including AI-based cameras, to improve fly-tipping enforcement. Current cameras are limited, and the council has pl…
“Given that 16 cameras does not seem to be adequate to cover the whole of city, will serious consideration be given to increasing both the budget for a…”
HMO threshold by criteria
The council is not setting a numeric HMO threshold in the draft plan. Instead, officers said decisions will be based on adverse impacts and the balance of housing types, partly because a previous thre…
“The question I have is how will the council determine when an area has reached an acceptable concentration of HMOs? Because there's no numerical thres…”
PBSA affordability policy
The new Local Plan introduces an affordable housing policy for purpose-built student accommodation, which officers described as innovative because few authorities have adopted one. The council wants t…
“In the new local plan, we do have an affordable policy now for purpose-built student accommodation, so we didn't before. The core strategy that was ag…”
Budget approved & record of vote
The council approved the 2024-25 budget and council tax rates with the final statement: 'I declare that the council's budget proposals and council tax rates for 2024-25 have been agreed before the pro…
“I declare that the council's budget proposals and council tax rates for 2024-25 have been agreed before the proceedings.”
Budget reserve risk
in year pressures do exist, at the end of the third quarter of the year. We're looking around 17 and a half million. But adults and children's overspend are around 10 million each, totaling about a £2…
“in year pressures do exist, at the end of the third quarter of the year. We're looking around 17 and a half million. But what really that mass is, adu…”
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