Weekly Minutes 28/11/2025

Weekly Minutes:

Cloch Housing Association Ltd-
Cloch is moving ahead with a major Stock Condition Survey of homes to strengthen long-term investment planning. The study will inform future maintenance, support lender assurances and be integrated into a new housing system. Findings will guide strategic improvements and ensure well-maintained, high-quality homes for tenants.

Rosehill Housing Association-
Rosehill is progressing with estate improvements following the award of a refurbishment contract. Despite a previous contractor withdrawal, the association acted quickly to maintain momentum, ensuring planned upgrades continue and residents benefit from better-quality homes.

Ashfield District Council-
Ashfield is upgrading homes with a new programme to replace front and rear doors across its housing stock. The improvements, funded through the Housing Revenue Account, support safety, energy efficiency and overall estate quality. The initiative reflects the council’s continued investment in modern, secure and well-maintained homes for residents.

Barking and Dagenham London Borough-
Barking and Dagenham is advancing major housing upgrades, including essential power works to support new homes and enhanced fire-safety systems across industrial sites. Additional investment strengthens Barking Industria’s safety and long-term value, while estate improvements continue through planned maintenance and a renewed service-delivery partnership.

Barnet London Borough-
Barnet is improving school environments through multiple refurbishment projects, including roofing upgrades, safer playground surfaces, improved SEN facilities and enhanced perimeter security. These works modernise buildings, support accessibility and ensure safer learning spaces. The council’s coordinated investment strengthens educational infrastructure and contributes to well-maintained community assets across the borough.

Basildon District Council-
Basildon is preparing to deliver eight new one-bed bungalows at Mill Green, following a full tender process for the scheme’s design and construction. The development forms part of the council’s ongoing efforts to expand high-quality, accessible homes, supporting growing housing needs and contributing to revitalised neighbourhoods.

Blackpool Borough Council-
Blackpool is progressing essential asset improvements, appointing contractors to resurface key areas and maintain mechanical doors and gates. These upgrades enhance safety, accessibility and the overall condition of public spaces, supporting the council’s commitment to well-managed infrastructure and reliable services for residents and visitors.

Colchester Borough Council-
Colchester is strengthening housing safety and community services with new asbestos-surveying arrangements, updated cleaning contracts and ongoing support for its garden-waste service. These operational improvements enhance living conditions, modernise service delivery and ensure essential compliance, reflecting the council’s commitment to well-run housing and neighbourhood environments.

Dacorum Borough Council-
Dacorum is enhancing its business-centre facilities through a new cleaning contract while expanding disrepair services to address rising demand. The extended scope supports essential housing improvements, covering structural works, roofing and damp-related issues, helping maintain safe, compliant and well-kept homes across the borough.

Edinburgh City Council-
Edinburgh is modernising public services through major sustainability-focused upgrades, including a long-term janitorial-supply contract, new EV-charging infrastructure for its fleet and extended lift-maintenance arrangements. These initiatives support greener operations, reliable service delivery and improved asset management across the city.

Hackney London Borough-
Hackney is reshaping estate maintenance with new repairs frameworks, boosting resilience, SME access and direct-labour support. Additional void-works contracts will speed up the turnaround of empty homes. Meanwhile, the Hoxton Regeneration Framework outlines ambitious plans for new council homes, improved public spaces and long-term neighbourhood revitalisation.

Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough-
Hammersmith & Fulham is driving major housing improvements, securing new contracts for fire-risk assessments, roof replacements, damp and mould works, void refurbishments and stock-condition surveying. Extensions to key repairs contracts maintain stability while supporting safer homes, better maintenance standards and strengthened housing services across the borough.

Harlow District Council-
Harlow is undertaking extensive estate improvements, commissioning fire-safety and refurbishment works across multiple neighbourhoods and tower blocks ahead of regulatory deadlines. Additional roofing upgrades strengthen building performance, while a major £41.8m regeneration project will create a new Arts and Cultural Quarter in the town centre.

Herefordshire Council-
Herefordshire is investing in safer, modern community spaces through urgent upgrades to essential care facilities and wider refurbishment works. The council is also improving two homes to create more accessible, adaptable living environments, easing pressure on temporary accommodation. Together, these improvements strengthen local services, enhance resident wellbeing and support long-term housing provision.

Ipswich Borough Council-
Ipswich is overhauling its property-maintenance approach with a comprehensive new framework covering essential building services, ensuring faster response times and improved compliance. Additional urgent upgrades at the crematorium and temporary cooling at IP City demonstrate the council’s focus on maintaining safe, functional and resilient public buildings.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council-
Newry, Mourne and Down is advancing key environmental and compliance services, approving procurement for mixed-dry recycling, essential electrical-safety modifications and updated waste-management arrangements. These decisions support operational continuity, safer buildings and improved sustainability in waste handling across the district.

Redbridge London Borough-
Redbridge is preparing a major overhaul of recycling services, launching procurement for new wheeled bins and fleet upgrades ahead of a boroughwide rollout. These changes support improved waste collection, greater efficiency and a more sustainable approach to managing household recycling.

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council-
Sandwell is moving forward with its large-scale heat-network project for West Bromwich and Smethwick. By appointing a development partner and refining funding arrangements, the council aims to deliver lower-carbon heating, improved energy performance and long-term resilience for local homes and businesses.

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council-
South Tyneside is advancing major housing upgrades, appointing contractors for heating installations and delivering a broad programme of estate and infrastructure works. Recent awards cover roofing, electrical materials, drainage and heat-pump servicing, supporting safer homes, modern systems and improved neighbourhood conditions.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council-
Stoke-on-Trent is preparing new multiyear frameworks to renew kitchens, bathrooms and support adaptation extensions across its housing stock. The programme enhances living standards, accessibility and long-term asset management, reinforcing the council’s commitment to well-maintained, modern homes.

West Dunbartonshire Council-
West Dunbartonshire is improving building services with new contracts for cleaning homeless properties and voids. Competitive tenders kept the work within budget and supported better-maintained accommodation, contributing to safer, more reliable local housing provision.

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council-
Wigan is delivering a wide range of improvements across schools, libraries and community buildings, including refurbishments, resurfacing, fire-safety upgrades and essential electrical works. These investments strengthen public facilities, enhance safety and support the council’s mission to create fair opportunities and well-maintained neighbourhoods.

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