Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

3.1.4.3 £500,000 funding was approved for the financial year 2006/07 to continue the DDA
Improvement Works Programme. The bulk of the funding was allocated to buildings/sites
that will contribute to meeting the declared BVPI 156 target of 50% by the end of March
2007. These included Eastcote library, Minet Country Park, west Drayton and Cherry
Lane Cemeteries. Funding was also allocated for a phase of the total works at Breakspear
Crematorium and the Compass Theatre. (These last two sites will not contribute to the
BVPI 156 figures until all the outstanding works at these sites are completed, which is
likely to be some years in the future). Design works are underway for improvements to the
accessible buildings at Manor Farm which are not included as part of the Heritage Lottery
funded works
3.1.4.4 Officers are proposing an expenditure of £500,000 for 2007/08 for access improvement
works. After consultation with the disability group representatives and representatives
from the Older Persons Forum the programme of works will need to be agreed by the
Cabinet Member for Finance and Business Services. The DDA Improvement Works
Programme will need to continue for many years after improvements have been made to
BVPI 156 listed buildings/sites.
3.1.5 Energy, Water, CO 2 and Repair and Maintenance Costs
3.1.5.1 The DCLG requires that the costs of energy and water use, repairs and maintenance
costs and CO 2 emissions for all the Council’s operational buildings are collected and
reported annually, which satisfies the Property Performance Indicator number 4. Using the
Council’s ORACLE financial accounting system, costs can be easily extracted and are
collated annually for reporting the respective components of the aforementioned
performance indicator, other than CO 2 emissions.
3.1.5.2 The DCLG has decided not to proceed with BVPI 180a (Energy) but the reading of gas
and electricity meters continues to ensure each property’s energy performance is carefully
monitored. This data can then be used to determine future targets relative to investment in
energy savings measures identified through energy audits, in addition to the calculation of
CO 2 emissions.
3.1.5.3 Energy purchasing costs are kept to a minimum by collectively tendering Hillingdon’s gas
and electricity supplies with a number of neighbouring London Borough’s premises
together, through the Local Authority Agent LASER.
3.1.6 Suitability updated
3.1.6.1 An initial suitability assessment of most major property categories, including Offices,
Residential Homes and Day Centres, Sports Centres and Pools, Libraries, and Car Parks
was compiled in 2003.
3.1.6.2 For 2005/06 a more detailed Suitability questionnaire was developed as shown in
Appendix J1. This was developed to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the
suitability of properties used for the provision of services to the public.
3.1.6.3 Updated assessments of the authority’s libraries, swimming pools and sports centres,
social services day centres, hostels and homes have been collected and analysed. The
survey information for similar use types buildings (e.g. libraries) is collected and compared
to the other same type buildings so that the most suitable buildings can be identified, an
average score calculated and below desirable scores in the various categories identified.
3.1.6.4 For 2006/07, a more detailed and searching questionnaire was developed specifically for
the car parks. These assessments were used in connection with the car parks review.
3.1.6.5 Buildings not reassessed during 2006/07 will be updated during 2007/08.
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