Agenda and decisions

Cabinet Committee: Housing - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Walton Suite, Guildhall, Winchester and streamed live on YouTube at www.youtube.com/winchestercc

Contact: Nancy Graham, Senior Democratic Services Officer Email: ngraham@winchester.gov.uk or phone 01962 848 235

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies To record the names of apologies given.
2.	Disclosure of Interests To receive any disclosure of interests from councillors or officers in matters to be discussed. Note: Councillors are reminded of their obligations to declare disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs), other registerable interests (ORIs) and non-registerable interests (NRIs) in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct.
4.	Public participation NB members of the public are required to register with Democratic Services three clear working days before the meeting (contact: democracy@winchester.gov.uk or 01962 848 264).
5.	Minutes of the previous meeting held on 23 July 2025 PDF 158 KB
6.	Chairperson's announcements
7.	New Homes programme update (presentation) PDF 1 MB View the background to item 7.
8.	Retrofit programme update (presentation) PDF 1 MB View the background to item 8.
9.	Disabled Facilities Grants Policy 2025-2028 PDF 479 KB View the background to item 9. View the decision for item 9. Decision: 1. That the Disabled Facilities Grant policy for 2025-2030 be approved, as set out in Appendix 1 of report CAB3521(H). That authority be delegated to the Corporate Head of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Healthy Communities, to make minor changes or those linked to legislative change to the DFG policy 2025-2030.
10.	Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 PDF 4 MB View the background to item 10. View the decision for item 10. Decision: That the Preventing Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 be adopted.
11.	Housing Compliance policies PDF 182 KB View the background to item 11. View the decision for item 11. Additional documents: CAB3520(H) APDX 1 Fire Safety Policy , item 11. PDF 409 KB CAB3520(H) APDX 2 Gas Safety Policy , item 11. PDF 400 KB CAB3520(H) APDX 3 Electrical Safety Policy , item 11. PDF 362 KB CAB3520(H) APDX 4 Asbestos Management Policy , item 11. PDF 388 KB CAB3520(H) APDX 5 Water Hygiene Policy , item 11. PDF 387 KB There are a further 7 documents.View the full list of documents for item 11. Decision: 1. That the following six Housing Repairs and Maintenance Compliance Policies be approved and adopted, as set out in Appendices 1 to 6 of report CAB3520(H): a) Fire Safety Policy b) Gas and Heating Policy c) Electrical Safety Policy d) Asbestos Policy e) Water Hygiene Policy f) Lift Safety Policy 2. That authority be delegated to the Corporate Head of Housing, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Good Homes, to make any minor amendments to the policies.
12.	Date of next meeting · Monday 2 February 2026 at 10.00am

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