Decision details

The Cabinet agreed to -

(a)  form a shared Building Control Service between South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire District Councils with South Cambridgeshire acting as Lead Authority for the current phase of the implementation;

(b)  authorise the Corporate Director (Delivery) after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Planning & Housing Strategy, to implement a Building Control Shared Service between South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire District Councils;

(c)  note the intention to use the Transformation Challenge Award to fund the short term costs necessary to implement the shared Building Control Service as determined by the Shared Service Board;

(d)  agree the approach described in Option 1 of Appendix A of the report - to underpin the further development of a Building Control Shared Service between South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire District Councils;

(e)  to take appropriate action to progress a business case with Cambridge City Council and an eventual shared Building Control Service involving all three partners with a view to reporting to all Councils in Spring 2015; and

(f)  authorise South Cambridgeshire District Council to act as lead authority and to attend the Shadow Regional Board for Building Control on behalf of Huntingdonshire District and Cambridge City Councils in order to explore the potential for a regional partnership on the understanding that any such future organisational arrangements be mutually agreed by both South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire District Councils (and also Cambridge City Council if they are involved in the Shared Service).