Social Value Ideas for Stoke-on-Trent City Council

AI rent arrears solution

Cabinet approved delegated authority to procure an AI-enabled analytics and income collection solution for rent arrears management. The objective is to improve collections, reduce bad debt and financi…

“Speaker 4: This report seeks approval to delegate authority to procure an AI enabled analytic solution to transform the council's approach to rent arr…”

Poor apartment standards

Officers and several members were concerned that the proposed apartments would be too small, have low ceiling heights, poor outlook and compromised natural light, especially where new floors cut acros…

“Moving on to look at some of the apartments proposed in the upper levels of the library building. The proposed duplex apartments in the 2nd Floor will…”

Residential Housing Allocation and Management Procurement

All 77 dwellings to remain in ownership of Stoke-on-Trent City Council within housing revenue account. Housing allocation based on council's referrals process through housing team. Council to manage l…

“All properties will remain in the ownership of the council within its housing revenue account, and therefore can be used to allocate housing to people…”

Refusal of heritage-led redevelopment

The committee considered a proposal to convert and extend the vacant listed library, baths and drill hall complex into 39 apartments with commercial, leisure and community uses. Officers concluded the…

“Terms of the moving on to the final section, weighing things up in the planning balance, the level of heritage harm is assessed by both the heritage o…”

Local plan consultation launched

Cabinet approved the draft Local Plan 2022-2040 and the council will run a public consultation before it goes to the Planning Inspectorate. The plan sets the framework for housing, infrastructure and …

“The cabinet has approved this draft of the local plan, twenty twenty-two thousand and forty, and there will be a public consultation exercise from the…”

SEND Services Capacity - Educational Psychologist Shortage

Council facing significant capacity pressure in educational psychology services. National shortage of qualified educational psychologists combined with local recruitment challenges has resulted in vac…

“Due to a national shortage of educational psychologists and local recruitment challenges, the council currently has vacant educational psychologist po…”

Educational Psychology Services External Tender

Council approved formal tender to commission external educational psychology services to meet growing demand for assessments of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilitie…

“This report is to commission external educational psychology public services to help meet the growing demand for assessments of children and young peo…”