To present the first Annual Housing Improvement, Performance & Assurance Report 2025/26 for consideration and endorsement; to provide consolidated assurance on performance, improvement, risk and compliance with the Consumer Standards; and to establish a developing annual reporting approach supported by an accessible public facing snapshot.

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)     notes the contents of the Annual Housing Improvement, Performance & Assurance Report 2025/26 as a draft, being the first report of this type for Tendring District Council, attached as Appendix A and recognises that the reporting framework will continue to evolve as data quality, benchmarking and assurance arrangements mature;

(b)     acknowledges the overall assurance position set out within the report (A.3);

(c)     supports the continued delivery of the Housing Improvement and Delivery Plan and associated improvement priorities identified for 2026/27; and

(d)     authorises the Corporate Director (Operations & Delivery), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Housing & Planning, to produce and publish in the public domain the final version of the Annual Housing Improvement, Performance & Assurance Report 2025/26.