(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.
(1) That the Development Strategy update, formulated by the Council’s Development Agent in conjunction with Council Officers, be considered; and
(2) That the Housebuilding Cabinet Committee recommends to the Cabinet that the Development Strategy update be approved.