Decision details

To approve an updated Strategy

(1)        That the Development Strategy, attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be approved with specific attention drawn to the following:

            (a)        starting with the Phase 2 developments, Code 4 of the Code for Sustainable          Homes be adopted by the Council as its standard for sustainable design;

            (b)        the prioritisation of potential sites taken forward for development under the             Council’s Housebuilding Programme be spread around the towns/villages where sites          were located, on a rotational basis, so that all locations would have the benefit of             affordable housing being provided in their area with priority for the development of           potential sites given to areas in which the highest number of housing applicants lived;

            (c)        Affordable Rents continue to be charged by the Council for all new Council            homes built under the programme, with the Council’s Rent Cap remaining at £180 per            week;

            (d)        should any of the development sites identified for Council housebuilding not be      developable then the best options to determine the       future use of the site be considered   by the Council Housebuilding Cabinet Committee;

            (e)        the Housebuilding Programme be accelerated in order to ensure that all 1-4-1       Receipts from Right to Buy sales were spent within the required 3 years of receipt; and

            (f)         the naming of developments would be carried out in consultation with local            Ward Members, as well as Town and Parish Councils.