Draft Damp and Mould Policy

Thank you for your comments. This review has now closed and the feedback is being considered.

Council policies are the strategic link between the Council’s vision and values, pledges and outcomes and its day to day operations. In many cases, policies are critical to ensure the Council complies with its legislative and regulatory obligations and applicable standards.

At West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC), we are always striving to improve the services we provide to our tenants and leaseholders. As a landlord, WLBC is responsible for the maintenance and repairs of our homes, communal blocks, and other properties we own and manage. Making sure our tenants can live safely and comfortably in their homes and delivering high quality housing services is a key priority.

This policy and our operational processes complement the Councils Damp, Mould and Condensation strategy. It outlines to all our tenants, officers, employees, partners, elected members and residents, how we intend to meet our legal and regulatory damp and mould obligations. It ensures we have a proactive, prompt and supportive approach to damp, mould and condensation interventions, which minimises risk to our tenants and the integrity of their homes.

It is important that we gather our tenants and leaseholders views and feedback on the policy so we are able to include, where possible, any suggested changes.

We would really appreciate if you could give us some of your time to firstly review the draft policy which can be found here and in the documents section to the right of this page and, to give us your thoughts and feedback through the survey below.