Issue - meetings

To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.

The Chair led a discussion with Members and members of the public present on topics raised at this meeting.

Audio recording – 109 minutes 03 seconds

The Chair invited Sue Lines to address the Panel, and Ms Lines advised that:

·       There were missed opportunities to involve groups and residents in the process to address climate and sustainability issues.

·       Previously roadshows had taken place to engage regular people with actions ongoing and changes they could make.

·       It would be helpful to know what was being done to help ordinary people who did not have the funds to participate in some of the able-to-pay schemes that the Council had run, such as Solar Together.

In response to the points raised, the Policy and Strategy Team Leader advised that:

·       Support for lower income families to retrofit homes has centred around funding available from central government, as the Council does not have the budget to support this.

·       There were several current schemes being run which would support lower income families to make their homes more energy efficient and the Panel would be kept updated on these accordingly.