Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
15th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:32
- Meeting closed at: 13:25
- Published: Friday, May 20, 2022 10:48am
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
2 Affordable housing:
The Committee took evidence from—
Donna Birrell, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Stirling Housing Association;
Roslyn Clarke, Director, Applecross Community Company;
Mark Rodgers, Executive Chief Officer for Housing & Property, Highland Council;
Mike Staples, Chief Executive, South of Scotland Community Housing;
and then from—
Tom Norris, Managing Director, Places for People Scotland;
Elaine Scott, Head of Housing Strategy & Development, City of Edinburgh Council;
Pam Humphries, Head of Planning and Regeneration, North Lanarkshire Council;
Colin Proctor, Director, Construction Industry and Delivery and Neil Rutherford,Senior Associate Director, Housing and Economic Investment, Scottish Futures Trust;
Steven Henderson, Group Director of Finance and Frank McCafferty,Group Director of Assets and Repairs, Wheatley Group.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 from—
Patrick Harvie, Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights , David Blair, Programme Director, Cladding Remediation, Steven Scott, Head of Technical Unit, Building Standards and Dr Stephen Garvin, Head of Building Standards, Scottish Government .
4 Consideration of evidence:
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.