The Asset Strategy (Property) department undertakes the following activities:
Strategic Capital Investment, Asset Strategy, Review and Development
- Strategic Management, of all the Council's Land and Property, including prioritisation and direction of use of resources, Capital and Revenue Investment and expenditure.
- The establishment of the Council's Capital Investment Programme across all services, its appraisal and presentation to members for approval, and its subsequent direction, monitoring of implementation achievement, review and revision.
- The review, direction and prioritisation of premises related costs for optimising expenditure to assist in addressing the maintenance backlog and minimise the increased energy consumption towards a sustainable future.
- Review of all Council assets on a minimum 5 yearly cycle to optimise utilisation levels ensuring efficient and effective service delivery, at the lowest cost. Undertake option appraisal with feasibility studies and identify opportunities for development and improvement, sufficiency, suitability condition, sustainability and value for money.
Land, Property & Infrastructure Core data
- The strategic development, collection, validation and provision of Corporate Property and Infrastructure Information for the Council for both internal use throughout the authority and for supporting responses to the public.
- The strategic development of the Corporate East Riding address database underlying all Council database sets.
- Development of the statutory Rights of Way Improvement plan. The review, update and variations of rights of way, including orders and boundary issues relating to the Council's Definitive Map.
Forward Planning
- The preparation, monitoring and review of the Local Development Framework and Regional Spatial Strategy, including the Joint Structure Plan. These plans provide the land use planning policy framework to meet the Council's needs and be published by the East Riding as Local Planning Authority.
- Provision of the Council's town and country planning and transport policy inputs into the preparation of Regional Planning Guidance/Regional Spatial Strategy (including Regional Transport Strategy) for Yorkshire and the Humber.
Transportation Policy & Strategy
- The preparation, monitoring and review of the Local Transport Plan including the Annual Progress Report. These documents provide the Authority's transport policy and framework for the delivery of all transport and highway related works with associated bids for funding.
- The lead role on the development of capital investment programmes to ensure delivery of the Council's agreed transport objectives, targets and the four-shared priorities for Transport.
Highways Asset Management
- Strategic Management of all Council Infrastructure, including Capital and Revenue Investment and expenditure associated with Transport, Highways Assets and Infrastructure.
- Resource allocation and preparation of the Council's short, medium and long term Highway Asset Management Plan.
Housing Strategy & Development
- The preparation and publication of the housing strategy and framework, to be adopted within the Council with specific analysis of local problems and prioritised objectives.
- To undertake and commission research, establish local housing requirements including those of special needs group such as the elderly, minority or ethnic groups.
- The promotion of feasible business opportunities that flow logically from the housing strategy or other related strategies and securing funding for both special initiatives and in general from available sources within the context of central and regional allocations, with implementation of specific projects through inception to scheme completion.
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