Issue details

To pay £18,000 to Gloucestershire County Council to cover Cheltenham Borough Council’s contribution towards the cost of commissioning a countywide supported housing needs assessment.

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 06/07/2026

Decision due: 6 Jul 2026 by Director of Governance, Housing and Communities and Monitoring Officer - Claire Hughes

Contact: Martin Stacy, Head of Strategic Housing Email: [email protected].

Consultation process

Officers approached the Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services to seek feedback
on the proposal within this Officer Decision. Upon reviewing the proposal, the Cabinet Member
Housing and Customer Services indicated that they were happy with the proposed decision. As
per below, officers also consulted colleagues from Finance, who queried the duration of the
burdens funding received by the Council, to which officers clarified that additional new burdens
funding was expected in 2027/28, and that the current burdens funding must be spent by March
2027.

Finance Comments: The council has received grant funding from MHCLG as a burden funding to help the local housing authority to meet its new statutory functions. The costs of commissioning this supported housing needs assessment can be met from this funding.

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