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Item CB 19/60 referred from Cabinet minutes of 16 October 2019

Item CB 19/60 referred from Cabinet minutes of 16 October 2019.

RESOLVED:  That the recommendations at Minute CB 19/60 be approved.

Item CH 19/29 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board minutes of 23 July 2019

Item CH 19/29 referred from Communities and Housing Advisory Board minutes of 23 July 2019

The Cabinet received the recommendations of the Communities and Housing Advisory Board at its meeting of 23 July 2019 regarding the proposed allocation of Disabled Facilities Grant funding available in 2019/20.

RECOMMENDED:  That the proposed allocation of funding available in 2019/20, as set out at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report, be approved and the appropriate capital and revenue budgets adjusted accordingly.

*Referred to Council

The report seeks approval for the Disabled Facilities Grant budget for 2019/20 following the Better Care Fund allocation.

The report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health detailed the proposed allocation of Disabled Facilities Grant funding available in 2019/20. Overall funding for Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council for the period was circa £1,170,000.   

In addition, Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) would be the subject of a forthcoming Overview and Scrutiny Review.

It was noted that in all cases where a discretionary DFG was awarded for an owner-occupier, the amount would be placed as a local land charge against the property and recovered at sale or transfer.  This process enabled the funding to be recycled for future use.  Members were advised that the Borough Council had successfully recalled monies in all such cases.

RECOMMENDED:  That the proposed allocation of the funding available in 2019/20, as set out in the table at paragraph 1.2.1 of the report, be approved and the appropriate capital and revenue budgets adjusted accordingly.

*Referred to Cabinet