Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
10th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Craig Dugdale, Surveying Manager and Jackie Timmons, Head of Area Based Regeneration and Shared Repairs, City of Edinburgh Council;
Euan McCallum, Acting Housing Assets Manager, Angus Council;
Murray Sharp, Senior Manager, Housing, Clackmannanshire Council;
Susie Fitton, Policy Manager, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA);
Louise Butchart, Head of Housing, Construction and Communities, and Gary Brady, City Engineer, Design and Property Services, Dundee City Council.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting and agreed to write to COSLA on issues raised in the meeting.
The Committee considered a draft report. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft at its next meeting.
The Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. The Committee agreed to consider a draft response at its next meeting.
The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Parliamentary Business. The Committee agreed to consider a draft response by correspondence.
The Committee considered how work it had undertaken earlier in the session could contribute to Stage 1 scrutiny of the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. The Committee agreed to hold a business planning day on 10 June 2025, and to consider its approach to its annual review of the fourth National Planning Framework at its next meeting.