Cabinet noted the progress update in respect of the St George’s Project.

Cabinet approved the allocation of capital receipts of £81,000 to pay for the provision of replacement CCTV and security lighting equipment at Oakham Enterprise Park.

1) Cabinet noted the implications of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and the Care Act Easements.

2) Cabinet delegated authority to activate the Easements to the Strategic Director for People, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding Adults, in line with the process proposed in this Report.

1.     Cabinet approved the priorities of single persons or childless couple’s accommodation and five and six-bedroomed properties in section 3 of this report

2.     Cabinet approved an affordable housing commuted sum allocation of £932,400

3.     Cabinet authorised the Strategic Director of Places to undertake a bidding process for grant applications from housing associations and from within the Council, setting out in a separate document for bidders the priorities in section 3, other lower priority bids that may be accepted and the details of the scoring matrix to be used by the Council

4.     Cabinet authorised the Strategic Director of Places to hold informal discussions with the bidders if appropriate

5.     Cabinet requested that the Strategic Director of Places bring a further report to Cabinet on the outcome of the bidding process and recommending a way forward, including proposed budget recommendations for the capital programme.

Cabinet approved the following revised draft Policies and Procedures:

a) Compliments Comments and Complaints Policy and Procedure (Appendix A of the report).

b) Adults Social Care Complaints Policy and Procedure (Appendix B of the report).

c) Children’s Social Care Complaints Policy and Procedure (Appendix C of the report).

Cabinet approved the Whistleblowing Policy appended to the report.

Cabinet noted that the Risk Based Verification Policy has been reviewed and no changes were required.