Social Value Ideas for Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in South East across 44 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Harmonise council tax schemes
The committee discussed harmonising the existing council tax support schemes across East Surrey from vesting day, with officers recommending a default scheme as the baseline. The committee added an ex…
“The paper before you today proposes harmonization of the existing schemes ahead of vesting day. We're not at this stage proposing what the details of …”
External modelling for council tax support
Officers proposed commissioning external specialist support to develop harmonised council tax support options and model the financial impact across East Surrey. This is a clear procurement opportunity…
“And this will enable us to come back to this committee with fully options to to agree the harmonized policy. It's estimated that that will cost approx…”
Council tax support fairness risk
Members and officers discussed the risk that differing support levels across East Surrey could create inequality, trigger judicial review, and increase pressure on vulnerable households. The committee…
“So it is essentially a fairness point. It is that you will have residents in the same local authority area paying the same council tax bills, receivin…”
Kingswood House redevelopment approved
The committee approved a major phased redevelopment of Kingswood House and St Monica's, including refurbishment and conversion of the listed building, new-build later-living accommodation, market hous…
“So this item relates to both the full application and the list of building consent for the phase redevelopment of the site, including the refurbishmen…”
Balcombe Road approved with conditions
The committee approved the Balcombe Road scheme for a mixed-use building with eight flats above ground-floor commercial space. Conditions were to cover employment and skills, construction traffic mana…
“The application is therefore recommended for approval subject to the conditions set out within the committee report for this item. Thank you, Chairman…”
Allocated SUE released for housing
The Hillsborough site is an allocated sustainable urban extension under the adopted development management plan, and the committee treated the principle of housing as established. The discussion confi…
“This is a full planning application for the erection of 161 homes, provision of a service parcel of land for a single mobile home, earthworks, landsca…”
Article 4 for HMOs advancing
The borough-wide Article 4 direction to remove permitted development rights for small HMOs is moving to planning committee, followed by notice and an eight-week public consultation. If consultation pr…
“The proposal for the borough -wide Article 4 to remove the permitted rights for a change of use from a dwelling house to a small house in multiple occ…”
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