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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Date/Time:

16 Jul 2026 - 18:30 to 20:43

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Deben Conference Room, East Suffolk House

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Documents
Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (288Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 16/07/2026 (6626Kb)

Agenda

Meeting Details

MeetingDetails

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

to be held in the Deben Conference Room, East Suffolk House, Melton

on Thursday, 16 July 2026 at 6.30pm

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/tovvRNT2X-U?feature=share

PLEASE NOTE: This agenda has been republished on 10 July 2026 to include the report for item 4 - Matters Arising Update Sheet. The original agenda document pack is available in the Meetings Documents Section below.

Open To The Public

1 Apologies for Absence and Substitutions

2 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

Minutes (158Kb)

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 June 2026 as a correct record.

Matters Arising Update Sheet (713Kb)

To receive the Matters Arising Update Sheet from the Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 June 2026.

5 Review of Temporary Accommodation Procurement and Placement Strategy 2026-29

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing.

Review of Temporary Accommodation Procurement and Placement Strategy 2026-2029 (504Kb)
1. Appendix A - East Suffolk Temporary Accommodation Standards (1038Kb)
2. Appendix B1 - Data Model - Cost Benefit Analysis (263Kb)
3. Appendix B2 - Data Model - Temporary Accommodation Spend (532Kb)
4. Appendix B3 - Data Model - Housing Benefit Subsidy Breakdown (275Kb)
5. Appendix B4 - Data Model - Pipeline (379Kb)
6. Appendix C - Homelessness Prevention and Relief Dashboard - Suggested Additions (105Kb)
7. Appendix D - Temporary Accommodation Delivery Plan (242Kb)
8. Appendix E - Draft East Suffolk Temporary Accommodation Strategy 2026-2029 (537Kb)
9. Appendix F - EqIA - EQIA845312148 (33Kb)

Cabinet Member Scrutiny Session (354Kb)

To receive the response to the pre-set questions from Councillor Beavan, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing.

Appendix A - HRA Table Q1 26-27 (428Kb)
Appendix B - HRA 26-27 Capital Q1 (226Kb)

Work Programme 2026/27 (247Kb)

To receive the updated Work Programme for 2026/27.

Exempt/Confidential

There are no Exempt or Confidential items for this Agenda.

Meeting Documents

Original Agenda Document Pack - Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 16 July 2026 (5912Kb)

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Edward Back
Councillor Seamus Bennett
Councillor Robert Cawley
Councillor Mike Deacon
Councillor Louise Gooch
Councillor Mark Jepson
Councillor Geoff Lynch
Councillor Mike Ninnmey
Councillor Sarah Plummer
Councillor Edward Thompson

Attended - Other Members

Name
Councillor David Beavan

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology	Substituted By
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence	Substituted By
Councillor Dan Clery
Councillor Ruth Leach
Councillor Stephen Molyneux

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Officers present:

Michelle Burdett (Strategic Director), Sarah Davis (Democratic Services Officer), Heather Fisk (Head of Housing), Jonalt Kodhelaj (Operational Lead – Housing Needs), Fern Lincoln (Strategic Lead - Housing Needs) and Agnes Ogundiran (Political Group Support Officer).