Decision details

Council considered and approved the recommendations of the inquorate Executive meeting held on 4 April 2012, in respect of the Population and Household Forecasts and the East Herts Housing Requirement.

RESOLVED – that (A) the Population and Household Forecasts - Topic Paper, detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ of the report submitted, be agreed as the basis for considering a district housing target to 2031, and for inclusion as part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework (District Plan); and

(B)      on the basis of the key conclusions from the Topic Paper referred to in (A) above, a range of 500 - 850 dwellings per annum be subject to further investigation, to test the feasibility and implications of such a district housing requirement, against national planning policy requirements and the physical and environmental capacity of the district.