Issue - meetings

Arising from a report of the Director of Operations, the Homes Policy Development Group had recommended that the new local need / qualification criteria in annexe 1 to the Meeting Housing Needs Supplementary Planning Document be approved.

Arising from a report of the Director of Operations, the Homes Policy Development Group had recommended that the new local need / qualification criteria in annexe 1 to the Meeting Housing Needs Supplementary Planning Document be approved.

The Cabinet Member for Housing outlined the contents of the report stating that the Meeting Housing Need Supplementary Planning Document (Annexe 1) required updating due to change in legislation. The report to the Housing PDG did not seek to change the Meeting Housing Needs Supplementary Planning Document itself but rather only change Annex 1, the local need / qualification criteria. The document also considered the armed forces provision with regard to social housing.

RESOLVED that the recommendation of the Policy Development Group be approved.

(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr R J Chesterton)

Note: - *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.

To receive a briefing paper from the Housing Options Manager (to follow).

The Group had before it a report * from the Director of Operations regarding a Housing Enabling Supplementary Planning Document. The policy had last been adopted in June 2012, since then the policy had required some updating following the legal legislation regarding Armed Forces personnel.

The Housing Options Manager outlined the contents of the report and explained that affordable housing would be allocated to eligible people based on their level of housing need and local connection in accordance with the Meeting Housing Needs section 6 in the Supplementary Planning Document: Meeting Housing Needs. This annexe was revised whenever necessary to take account of changes made by the Council’s Housing service to the eligibility criteria.

RECOMMENDED to the Cabinet that the new local need / qualification criteria in annexe 1 to the Meeting Housing Needs Supplementary Planning Document be approved.

(Proposed by Cllr P J Heal and seconded by Cllr D R Coren)

Note: * Report previously circulated, copy attached to the signed minutes.