In March 2019, Brentwood Borough Council were subject to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) review into all compliance areas.

As part of this review, we were found to be effectively managing the risk across all areas of compliance but had areas requiring improvement in relation to Gas Safety and Servicing.

The Housing Department began working alongside the HSE to improve our compliance, taking advice and guidance from them on what was required to improve our compliance management.

One main area of focus was the request to implement a Gas Safety and Servicing policy which would be available to the whole housing department.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Mrs Pearson and SECONDED by Cllr Hossack

to agree the recommendations in the report.

Following a discussion a vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

Members are asked to:

R1. To approve the Housing Gas Safety and Servicing Policy

Reasons for Recommendation

To ensure that the Housing Department has documentation to support the

delivery of their Gas Safety and Servicing processes and procedures and to

comply with HSE guidelines.