Decision details

Landlord Controlled Heating Charges

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To consider a report seeking approval for an increase in charges to tenants for landlord controlled heating from September 2012.

Decision:

That charges to tenants for landlord controlled heating are increased by 18% from 1 October 2012.

Reasons for the decision:

  1. The financial outturn for 2011/12 shows that the deficit on the heating account has reduced to £1,457,000, which is £453,000 lower than forecast.
  2. Although the level of deficit has reduced, it is still necessary to implement measures to eliminate the deficit by 2014/15, and produce a surplus of approximately 10% of annual expenditure by 2015/16. This approach was agreed by Cabinet in July 2008.

Alternative options considered:

The alternative option is not to increase charges to tenants, which would result in an increased deficit on the landlord heating account.

Report author: Alan Denford

Publication date: 21/08/2012

Date of decision: 21/08/2012

Decided at meeting: 21/08/2012 - Cabinet

Effective from: 31/08/2012

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