Decision details

Housing Services Fire Management Policy

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

to provide an update on the remedial work and actions that have been carried out to ensure adequate fire safety within the communal areas of the Council Housing Stock and to approve an updated Housing Services Fire Management Policy

Decision:

* RESOLVED –

 

1.   That the Housing Services Fire Management Policy be approved and adopted.

 

2.   That delegated authority be given to the Housing Manager to oversee and carry out an annual review of fire safety arrangements relating to the Council’s housing stock.

 

3.   That the proposal to submit an annual report to the Cabinet Member for Homes and Customers, be approved.

 

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

 

1.   To ensure the Council meets its statutory obligations under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

 

2.   To contribute to meeting the Council’s corporate priority to ‘improve the quality of life for local people’.

 

3.   To ensure improved performance against the key project to deliver the Decent Homes Standard for Council Homes.

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Alison Craig, Assistant Director - Housing Manager Email: alison.craig@chesterfield.gov.uk Tel: 01246 345156.

Report author: Alison Craig

Publication date: 03/10/2017

Date of decision: 03/10/2017

Decided at meeting: 03/10/2017 - Cabinet

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