Decision details

To agree a Local Lettings Plan to cover first lets and all subsequent lets of all properties within Aldridge Close, GL50 4DH, for an initial 12-month period (until 30th June 2025), to be reviewed by Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) officers in March 2025.

This decision gives CBC the authority to introduce, enforce and monitor a Local Lettings Plan which covers all properties within Aldridge Close, Cheltenham, GL50 4DH. This decision has been taken to address the long-standing crime, ASB and welfare concerns arising from Aldridge
Close, which has negatively impacted local residents resulting in safeguarding interventions being required. This local lettings plan will therefore support community cohesion and resident
wellbeing and meet the Council’s key objective, outlined within the 2023-2028 Housing, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy, namely- ‘investing in our communities to make them stronger and healthier’. Additionally, introducing a local lettings plan in this location will
also meet one of the crucial sections of Key Priority 3 within the Cheltenham 2023-2027 Corporate Plan, namely ‘supporting and enabling resilient communities’ and improving ‘tenant, resident and community outcomes’.
Please note this Local Lettings Plan will be reviewed by key officers from Cheltenham Borough
Council in March 2025 following Officer sign-off to determine whether an extension to or amendment of the Local Lettings Plan is appropriate. If, for any reason, the Local Lettings Plan is not functioning as intended, the Council will have the ability to review the Local Lettings Plan,
within 12 months of the approved officer decision date. This Local Lettings Plan will automatically expire on 30th June 2025 in the event that relevant Cheltenham Borough Councilofficers do not seek a review or extension of this Local Lettings Plan during March 2025.

An alternative option considered was not proceeding with setting up a Local Lettings Plan. However, owing to the sustained nature of anti-social behaviour arising from this location (despite significant partnership working efforts which have exhausted all other alternatives
between CBC, CBH, Police and Social Care colleagues to tackle such issues), this option has been rejected. The Council and other key partners recognise the significant impact that anti-social behaviour and other criminal activity is having upon the wellbeing of Aldridge Close
residents and the local community, and, accordingly, any decision to not proceed with setting up a local lettings plan would be both entirely inappropriate and ineffective in preventing the recurrence of any anti-social behaviour or criminal activity in the Aldridge Close vicinity.

The accompanying Local Lettings Plan has been agreed in conjunction with key officers from CBH, informed by evidence gathered through extensive multi-agency working and evidence gathering with assistance from key partners. No additional feedback was received from CBH
officers regarding the proposed Local Lettings Plan. Following sign-off by CBH officers, the proposed Local Lettings Plan was circulated to the new Cabinet Member for Housing, who was satisfied with the proposed Local Lettings Plan and Officer Decision Notice. This officer has subsequently amended the Local Lettings Plan to reflect that the LLP and associated decision notice will be effective from June 2024.