Issue - meetings

(i)       to note that the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord would circulate the link from the Council website for accessing the properties for sale or let; and

(ii)       to otherwise endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the relevant cluster.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Chief Internal Auditor which presented an audit in relation to Industrial and Commercial Property - Rental Income and Void Control which was undertaken to provide assurance over the processes in place for letting, recovering rental income, and managing voids for industrial and commercial premises.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within this report and the attached appendix.

In response to a question relating to where to find the vacant properties that were available for sale or to let, the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord advised that the majority of the properties were advertised via external searches and that he would circulate a link to the Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord would circulate the link from the Council website for accessing the properties for sale or let; and

(ii)      to otherwise endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the relevant cluster.