I’ve just been advised by officers that due to staffing shortages, caused by illness, unexpected absences and pre-arranged holidays, the Gamesley office on Winster Mews will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 19/2/19). They advise that arrangements have been put in place to ensure the office is back open as normal on Wednesday (9.00am until 1.00pm). If you […]
High Peak Borough Council is currently reviewing how tenant involvement works in the High Peak. Previously tenant involvement was mainly done aside from folks on the citizen panel or who had signed up to complete surveys, via the tenant scrutiny panel. The tenant scrutiny panel was a group of tenants from across the High Peak, […]
Your views wanted – Proposed changes to rent and service charges The council is consulting on proposals to change how they calculate rent and service charges and how they provide that information to tenants. The proposals if approved would come into effect from April 2018 and will be considered (amongst other places) by full council […]
This coming Wednesday sees a meeting of the Council’s Community Select Committee, amongst the items it will consider is one on changes and updates to the tenancy agreement for council housing tenants. The proposed changes are required to both up-date issues within the tenancy operationally and legislatively whilst also maximising the Council’s ability to proactively […]
G52 npower Gamesley Fuel Bank : Election Day (5th May) was not just significant for the election of our Police and Crime Commissioner (more on that here), it was also significant locally as it saw the launch of the G52 npower Gamesley Fuel Bank, where through the support of npower, vulnerable local’s using bellies not […]
Pay to stay consultation : The Government are currently running a consultation over changes to a policy called “Pay to stay”. The change that the government are proposing, is that those residents living in Social (council) housing and Housing associations properties earning more than £40,000 inside London and £30,000 per year, per two highest earners […]
ICYMI : On Thursday 30th July, this year’s G52 meet the neighbours event took place, and if you were not able to attend, you really did miss ‘beach Thursday’ with half of the square at the shops on Winster Mews been transformed with thankfully good weather to a slightly more tropical than it usual appearance […]
Tomorrow (Friday) sees a community clean-up scheduled to take place on the Roman Garden’s and although the weather has been less than summery for the last few days, almost specially for the clean up (at least according to the BBC) it appears that we will have a reprieve at least (as a minimum) for tomorrow […]
If you’re green fingered, and a tenant or leaseholder of High Peak Borough Council, this is your chance to show off your gardening skills. The garden competition is an annual competition, that is set-up and run by Tenants for Tenants. Entrants must be a Tenant or a Leaseholder of High Peak Borough Council, and not […]
Changes are been considered to the Tenancy Agreement for Council tenants in the High Peak. The changes in the agreement are been looked at to reflect some changes to the law and to include some additional clauses that will help deal with a variety of tenancy management issues. If you’re a regular user of the […]