Asset Management Strategy

The Council has assessed the condition and maintenance requirements of its building stock, both operational and non-operational. This supports a planned programme of maintenance being developed by Commercial Services. In order to ensure that a consistent and methodical approach is taken to the repair and maintenance of the council's assets, a Building Maintenance Policy has been adopted. The purposes of the policy are:

• To clearly set out the key objectives to ensure a consistent approach to the maintenance of the council's assets for effective delivery of services;
• To encourage the adoption of asset management planning as a means of demonstrating value for money in the delivery of repairs and maintenance;
• To encourage development, adoption and regular reviews of policies for repairs and maintenance
• To encourage a focus on the needs of users and the community;
• To encourage harmonisation of repairs and maintenance practice and standards with users expectations;
• To encourage the adoption of an efficient and consistent approach in the collection and recording of the property inventory, condition surveys and status information;
• To encourage the adoption and regular review of a risk management regime to determine operational standards and rectification of defects arising from our own inspections and reports from the public;
• To encourage continuing innovation in the repair and maintenance of buildings and other assets, whilst complying with the high standards of corporate governance;
• To develop a rolling programme of condition surveys detailing the condition of the council's assets that will drive the planned maintenance programme on a yearly basis;
• To develop a 5-year resource plan to outline how the capital and revenue resources will be allocated to minimise the backlog of the highest priority maintenance work;
• To monitor the council's consumption of electricity, gas and water resources and the carbon footprint for property assets.