Decision details

To agree the arrangements in which the Council will deal with expressions of interest under the Community Right to Challenge legislation.

(i)         that the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and the Statutory Guidance on the Community Right to challenge from the Secretary of State be noted;

(ii)        that for the financial year 2013/14, a bidding window be set for the period between 1 May 2013 and 30 June 2013 for community groups to submit expressions of interest to the Council under the community right to challenge;

(iii)       that for subsequent financial years after 2013/14, an annual bidding window be set for the period between 1 April and 30 May for community groups to submit expressions of interest to the Council under the community right to challenge;

(iv)       that officers be authorised to produce and publish a list of services due to be the subject of contracting processes in the following financial year in conjunction with the annual bidding window, starting from May 2013 for the financial year 2013/14;

(v)        that authority be delegated to directors for the relevant service areas to be responsible for assessing the expressions of interest against the criteria within the statutory guidance relating to the community right to challenge and deciding whether to accept or reject the expressions of interest;

(vi)       that the decision of the Director of Regeneration and Major Projects to accept the expression of interest made by Brent Tenants Rights Group regarding the Council’s Tenancy Relations Service as set out in paragraph 3.33 of the report be noted.