Decision details

The Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning notes that: -

The creation of a new leaseholder discretionary panel to assess applications of hardship and access to discretionary payment options for repayment of major works namely :-

• Capping of the cost of replacement of the PODs at Noel Park (Gladstone Avenue) – non resident leaseholders.
• Equity Share scheme for - all leaseholders
• Interest payment option only – resident leaseholders only
• Longer payment period options for non-resident leaseholders
Approves the discretionary leasehold payment options panel terms of reference completed in September 2021.

Specifically approves the recommendations the Panel will make recommendations to the Assistant Director for Housing

The Panel will be key to making sure consistent decisions and ensure fairness of the policy is applied to applications from leaseholders.

Without the Terms of reference and the Panel this could not be operated.

This could be undertaken by individual officers but the proposed appointment to the panel of an independent person will ensure an open and transparent approach to application which would not be achieved with decisions being made solely by individual officers.