Agenda

Members are invited to declare at this stage of the meeting, the nature and existence of any relevant disclosable pecuniary or personal interests in the items on this agenda and to specify the item(s) to which they relate.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on Monday 10 March 2025 as a correct record.

To consider any matters arising from the minutes of the previous meeting.

To receive and consider any petitions for which notice has been provided under Standing Order 66.

Members are asked to note that there are currently no petition(s) due to be presented at the meeting

To consider any reports referred by either the Community & Wellbeing or Resources & Public Realm Scrutiny Committees.

This report details the outcome of the Local Government Association (LGA) Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC) undertaken in Brent in January 2025 along with the key recommendations and Action Plan produced in response.

This report provides an update on all compliance and building safety streams in housing management property services and also presents a newly drafted Building Safety Policy for the Housing Management Service. This report also provides an update on fire safety at the council-owned traveller site, Lynton Close.

The purpose of this report is to update the Cabinet on the progress Brent Community Land Trust, (BCLT) has made towards establishing a Community Led Housing (CLH) scheme utilising a site at Brentfield Road and outlines the next steps in the process.

The report seeks approval of an updated Brent Local Development Scheme,  which sets out the Council’s proposed timetable for the replacement of parts of the Development Plan including the Brent Local Plan and other planning related documents such as Supplementary Planning Documents and Conservation Area document updates.

This report seeks approval to an updated Flood Risk Management Strategy, which details actions the Council and other key stakeholders are taking to manage flood risk in Brent and has been produced in accordance with the duties placed on Local Lead Flood Authorities under the Flood Risk Regulations 2009.  The original Strategy was adopted in 2015 and has been revised and updated following consultation undertaken with key stakeholders, including local residents and businesses, neighbouring boroughs, Thames Water and the Environment Agency.

This report seeks approval for a funding contribution towards the next stage of development of the West London Orbital rail scheme (WLO) which involves the Option Selection stage in the Governance for Railway Investment Projects process (GRIP 3).

This report provides a summary of the informal consultation undertaken between January 2025 and February 2025 on the proposal to amalgamate Malorees Infant School and Malorees Junior School as one primary school for children aged between 3 – 11, including provision for nursery aged children.  The report recommends a move to formal consultation through publication of a statutory notice on the closure of Malorees Junior School, the expansion of the age range at Malorees Infant School and the change of name of Malorees Infant School to Malorees Primary School to achieve the amalgamation.

This report outlines the council’s new approach to community cohesion and inclusion events, detailing the overarching, guiding approach and the specific components that shape how the council will mark and celebrate community cohesion and inclusion events moving forward through the adoption of the ‘Enabler Approach’ outlined in the report.

This report provides details on the London Sexual Health Commissioning Collaborative Programme (LSHP) and seeks approval to the procurement of a new London Sexual Health and Contraception E-Service through the Programme.

No items have been identified in advance of the meeting that will require the exclusion of the press and public.

Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Deputy Director Democratic Services or their representative before the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 60.