There was submitted a joint revenue and capital budget monitoring report by the Directors of Finance & Resources and Environment, Housing & Infrastructure for the period to 19 September 2025. The report intimated that the projected revenue outturn at 31 March 2026 for those services reporting to this Policy Board was an overspend of £0.252 million (0.6%) against the revised budget for the year. The projected capital outturn at 31 March 2026 was a breakeven position.

DECIDED:

(a) That the projected revenue outturn overspend position of £0.252 million be noted;

(b) That the projected capital outturn break-even position be noted; and

(c) That the budget adjustments detailed in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to activity within the service. The report provided an overview of key service activities since the last meeting of this Policy Board held on 27 August 2025 and an update on the services and key projects delivered during this period.

Councillor Nicolson, seconded by Councillor Audrey Doig, moved as an addition to the recommendation in the report:

"Council officers to bring back a report to the next ILE board following the grit bin review and to consider proposals and the outcomes of the review."

This was agreed unanimously.

DECIDED:

(a) That the update on the wide range of activities provided in the report be noted; and

(b) That Council officers bring back a report to the next ILE board following the grit bin review and to consider proposals and the outcomes of the review.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the performance and achievements of the Environment, Housing & Infrastructure Service during the period 1 April to 30 September 2025.

DECIDED:

(a) That the contents of the report be noted;

(b) That the progress to date on delivering the actions contained within the Environment, Health & Infrastructure - Service Improvement Plan be noted; and

(c) That the current performance of the service as measured by the scorecard indicators be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Health, Safety and Wellbeing Plan 2025/28 Mid-year Update. Appendix 1 to the report set out a brief update for actions contained in the Plan. It was highlighted that the report and update on the Plan was also being submitted to the Communities & Housing Policy Board and the Finance, Resources & Customer Services Policy Board to approve those elements of activity covered within the remits of those Policy Boards. 

DECIDED: 

(a) That the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Annual Health, Safety and Wellbeing Plan 2025/28 update, attached as Appendix 1 to the report, be approved insofar as it related to the areas of activity delegated to this Policy Board; and 

(b) That it be noted that the report and update on the Plan would also be submitted to the meetings of the Communities & Housing Policy Board and the Finance, Resources & Customer Services Policy Board to approve those elements of activity covered within the remits of those Policy Boards.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the development of a new Local Transport Strategy for Renfrewshire. The strategy included an action plan, set out at Appendix A to the report, which identified high level actions which would be considered for progression over the ten-year lifetime of the plan.

DECIDED:

(a) That the adoption of the new Renfrewshire Council Local Transport Strategy 2025/2035, its Action Plan and all supporting documents, as set out in appendices 1-4 to the report, be approved;

(b) That the publication of the new Renfrewshire Council Local Transport Strategy 2025/2035, its Action Plan and all supporting documents, set out in Appendix A to the report and attached links within the body of the report, be approved; and

(c) That it be noted that the Local Transport Strategy Action Plan, set out in Appendix A to the report, would be used as the basis for the development of future years’ funding bids and programming.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the Council's efforts to reduce its carbon emissions in line with net zero targets and the proposed Carbon Management Plan 2024/25 – 2029/30. The proposed plan, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, set a target of a 23 percent reduction carbon emissions from the 2023/24 baseline by March 2030.

DECIDED:

(a) That the content and implementation of Renfrewshire Council’s Carbon Management Plan 2025/30 be approved; and

(b) That it be noted that future updates would be submitted to the Planning & Climate Change Policy Board on an annual basis detailing Renfrewshire Council's progress towards the targeted 23 percent reduction in carbon emissions.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to air quality within Renfrewshire and the findings of the Council’s most recent Local Air Quality Management report. The 2025 Annual Progress Report, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, reviewed air quality monitoring data from 2024, not identifying  any exceedances of air quality objectives, and noted that concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter continued to show a downward trend.

DECIDED:

(a) That the outcome of Renfrewshire’s 2025 Air Quality Annual Progress Report be noted; and

(b) That it be noted that there were no exceedances of any quality objectives identified within Renfrewshire during 2024.

There was submitted a report by the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure relative to the removal of school crossing points which did not meet the criteria for a school crossing patroller due to either a low PV² (Pedestrian x Vehicle) score or there being a controlled/signalised crossing in place.  The report noted that the process for identifying school crossing points had been refreshed at the meeting of this Policy Board held on 19 March 2025 and that the Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure had previously been authorised to withdraw school crossing patrols until this delegation was removed at the meeting of the Council held on 25 September 2025.  This delegation was reverted to this Policy Board from thereon.  The report identified eight crossings, listed in section 5.2, for removal together with planned improvements at those sites and the rationale for removal.

Councillor Nicolson, seconded by Councillor Audrey Doig, moved that the following replace recommendations 2.3 and 2.4:

"Following the decision of the council to remit any decisions regarding School Crossing Patrollers to the board, Board agrees to suspend any further work on the removal of crossing points 5,6,7 and 8 (as detailed in section 5.2) and further agrees to progress a review of the engagement and consultation process which will facilitate the ability of all relevant ward councillors to input into any future board determinations." This was agreed unanimously.

DECIDED:

(a) That the eight school crossing points as detailed in Section 5 of the report be reviewed and that it be noted that they did not meet the Renfrewshire Council School Crossing Points Policy as agreed in March 2025;

(b) That the removal of School Crossing Points 1, 2, 3 and 4 (as detailed in Section 5.2 of the report) due to low numbers of children crossing and/or vacant posts that haven’t been covered for a prolonged period of time (between 5-18 months) be approved; and

(c) That following the decision of the Council to remit any decisions regarding School Crossing Patrollers to the board, Board agrees to suspend any further work on the removal of crossing points 5,6,7 and 8 (as detailed in section 5.2) and further agrees to progress a review of the engagement and consultation process which would facilitate the ability of all relevant ward councillors to input into any future Board determinations.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the Community Asset Transfer (CAT) Annual Return for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The report noted that eight CAT requests were received during the reporting period, of which three were approved, one was refused, two were withdrawn and two were determined outwith the reporting period.

DECIDED:

(a) That the contents of the report be noted; and

(b) That the Community Asset Transfer Annual Return 2024/25 be approved.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the sale of the former Kersland School, Paisley.

Councillor Nicolson, seconded by Councillor Audrey Doig, moved that the Head of Economy and Development and the Head of Corporate Governance be instructed not to conclude the sale based on the terms and conditions proposed in the report. This was agreed unanimously.

DECIDED: That the Head of Economy and Development and the Head of Corporate Governance be instructed not to conclude the sale based on the terms and conditions proposed in the report.