Issue - meetings

To receive the performance dashboards for quarter 2 providing performance information for both the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account.

The Group were presented with, and NOTED, two slides * showing performance information in the Mid Devon Housing (MDH) area under the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and the General Fund (GF).

The dashboard aimed to give an ‘at a glance’ understanding of how services were performing in terms of performance measures, finance and risk. Any measures that were also part of the Corporate Plan were listed in yellow text.

The indicators were presented with current performance, the annual target and a RAG (red/amber/green) rating to indicate whether or not the Council was on track to meet its target. Overall performance was presented in a pie chart which combined the RAG ratings for both the performance and the finance measures.

A summary of the performance position was presented as follows:

·       For the General Fund, the projected outturn was showing as amber due to a very small projected overspend on community alarm installations.

Housing Revenue Account:

·       The ‘MDH delivery of new social housing’ was showing as amber. 46 homes had been added to the Housing Revenue Account during the financial year so far, therefore, performance was just behind the target. The mid year target was 50. However the delivery with housing projects was not linear and it would be more suitable to fully consider performance at the year end.

·       ‘New MDH net zero properties’ was showing as red. 5 had been added to the housing stock in the year to date. However, the Housing Service was expecting a high number of completions in quarter four with 51 additional properties being added.

·       The housing stock occupancy rate was showing as amber and the rate had fallen below the target at the end of September 2025. This was mainly because the 28 flats at Saint George's Court were brought into the social housing stock on the 4th August 2025. These flats were currently going through the letting process. There were also 14 properties awaiting demolition elsewhere which affected the occupancy rate.

·       The projected outturn for the HRA was showing as red and this was largely due to an increased cost of contractors and higher than inflation increase in materials. It was also due to premises insurance. Officers were confident that the overspend could be managed over the remainder of the year and be reduced.

·       Projected tenant income was showing as amber. This was below budget due in part to the increased number of void properties. This was partially offset by the additional income from affordable properties.

·       The projected capital outturn was showing as red. This was driven mainly by 5 large projects. Slippage was due to various factors, including delays in plan, in obtaining planning permission or no bids being received on tenders and delays in contract signing.

Discussion took place regarding:

·       The ‘type of build’ listed in the ‘MDH Delivery of new Social Housing’ was confirmed as being more traditional build in the year to end of Q2. New ‘net-zero’ properties were more modular in design and were expected to be ready  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35