Agenda

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1.             REPAIR AND REUSE INITIATIVES

The following motion submitted in accordance with Procedure Rule 10 of the Meeting Procedure Rules has been proposed by Councillor R Herrett and seconded by Councillor E Harman.

This Council notes:

The UK is the second highest producer of electronic waste per capita in the world. Repair and reuse is central to achieving a truly circular, less wasteful, economy. They help to tackle climate change and achieve our net zero ambition, reduce living costs for UK households and create green skilled jobs.

There is strong public support for further repair and re-use initiatives, and for manufacturers to enable spares and repairs to be easily accessible, affordable and installable.

This Council believes:

We should be responding to increasing public demand for repair services and skills, advocating for a return to a strong UK fixing economy and championing reuse to give products a second life.

Repair should be a thriving sector of our economy. Where products are designed to be durable and easily repairable by default and in which manufacturers actively support their products for as long as possible. A future where products are given a second life through reuse, repair is the easiest option for everyone when something breaks, and recycling is saved for the very end of a product’s useful life.

This Council resolves to:

a.       Endorse the Repair and Reuse Declaration.

b.       Support the Bournemouth Repair café and other organisations promoting Repair and Reuse across the BCP area through access to networks and space, and funds where available.

c.        Write to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and Energy and Climate change asking that they support the Repair and Reuse Declaration and examine measures that the government can take to further repair reuse in manufacturing, training in repair skills and supporting the community.

2.             VACANT SITES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

ORIGINAL MOTION

The following motion was submitted in accordance with Procedure Rule 10 of the Meeting Procedure Rules has been proposed by Councillor P Cooper and seconded by Councillor P Canavan.

This Council notes: 

• The escalating need for affordable and social housing across the BCP area, with many residents in housing stress or on long waiting lists. 
• The growing number of vacant and underused sites including:

·       The long-neglected Sydenham’s timber site, 

·       The derelict Old James Brothers scrapyard, and 

·       The stalled former Power Station development land. 

These sites have remained undeveloped for years, blighting the area, attracting anti-social behaviour, and contributing nothing to local housing need or community wellbeing. 

This Council believes: 

That speculative land banking is unacceptable in the face of a housing crisis. 

That there is a duty to local residents to use all available means to bring these sites forward for affordable housing development, in line with Labour’s policy of delivering social and council homes. 

This Council therefore resolves to: 

1. Undertake an urgent audit of all vacant or stalled development sites across BCP.
2. Assess each site’s potential to deliver affordable housing, with a published report outlining options and obstacles. 
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The deadline for questions to be submitted to the Monitoring Officer was Monday 14 July 2025.

To consider any urgent decisions taken by the Chief Executive in accordance with the Constitution.

This report invites the Council to approve the appointment of the preferred candidate to the position of Corporate Director of Wellbeing in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and statutory requirements.

A summary of the preferred candidate’s skills, experience and employment history is shown within appendix 1 of this report.

(Although this item did not appear on the agenda for 22 July 2025, the Chairman agreed that it be dealt with as a matter of urgency at this reconvened meeting in view of the need to appoint to the role of Corporate Director of Wellbeing).