To agree the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 4 October 2016, as a correct record.

Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 4 October 2016 be approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

Any interests not already registered

No additional declarations of interest were made.

There were none.

The Portfolio Holder’s update was noted.  The Portfolio Holder further advised that the Department of Work and Pension (DWP) were interested in the pocket HERO scheme and Cllr. Pearsall and HERO Officer, Mike Williams would be attending a meeting with them in December.

There were none.

The Chief Officer Communities & Business presented the reportwhich updated Members on the work of officers to develop hospital discharge services to support people to return home from hospital faster by improving their home environment and lifestyle.

Members commended the initiative.  The Chairman advised that the Council was the first in the country to do this and the Municipal Journal was therefore interested in covering it as a feature.

The Chief Officer Communities & Business advised that they did not want to over commit resources and wanted to concentrate on the current programme before looking to talk or commence anything with Dartford and Gravesham Clinical Commissioning Group.  The Chairman advised that it was also linked to the health integration deal and once this was in place it would be easier to replicate with Dartford & Gravesham.

Resolved:  That the report be noted.

Members received a presentation from the Strategic Planning Manager to facilitate their brainstorming session to consider how planning policy fits in with health. 

The Housing Policy Manager reported that the consultation on the recently commissioned  housing study (from the consultants, arc4 ltd) to provide detailed commentary on the housing needs identified in the Strategic Housing Market Assessment ( SHMA 2015), had closed that day.   Around 8,600 responses had been received which reflected about 18% which was a good result for this type of survey.  Prior to the findings of the study being presented to the Committee in February, there would be a stakeholder information event on Wednesday 11 January from 10am to 12 Noon.  A Member requested that consideration be given to an evening event for those that could not make a daytime one.

Action 1:  That the Housing Policy Manager explore the possibility of an evening stakeholder event.

In response to a question he advised that prefabricated buildings were currently being discussed with an almshouse charity as part of a wider complex. 

Following the information provided, Members shared their thoughts.  Brief notes of the brainstorming session are listed below.

To note the minutes of the meeting of the Health Liaison Board held on 9 November.

The Chairman of the Health Liaison Board presented the minutes of the meeting held on 4 October 2016 highlighting some of the discussion.  The minutes were noted. 

The workplan was noted.