Decision details

Having considered an officer report, tabled correspondence from residents

friends and relatives and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Health,

Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the consultation taken place so far in line with the decisions of the

December 4 2013 Housing Matters report be noted;

(ii) individual social care assessments be carried out for all tenants at both

Kenton Court and Somerville extra care schemes, and the outcomes of these

assessments be noted;

(iii) individual tenants be offered support by an independent advocate;

(iv) the range of alternative high quality housing, care and support available in

the borough be noted, and that there are additional extra care schemes being

developed and that five out of 31 tenants at Kenton Court and Somerville

have taken up these alternative offers voluntarily already;

(v) officers formally consult with the tenants at Kenton Court and Somerville

about the proposed transfer of the Council’s directly managed extra care

service to Notting Hill Housing Group at Conrad Court;

(vi) officers commence TUPE consultation with affected staff in the extra care

service;

(vii) officers commence initial statutory section 105 consultation on the

proposals to close the service provided at Kenton Court and Somerville and

potentially close the buildings;

(viii) officers commence feasibility studies on both sites to develop proposals

for alternative uses which meet housing need in the borough, and that any

further necessary consultation should be undertaken with existing tenants to

enable the Mayor to make a further decision on the future of the buildings in

Autumn 2014; and

(ix) officers continue to facilitate voluntary decants of tenants who wish to

move to other services.