Issue - meetings

Minute 240 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the issues raised in respect of Chapter 13 (Housing) of the Draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be received and considered;

(B)      the Officer response to the issues referred to in (A) above, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be agreed;

(C)      the further amendments in respect of Chapter 13 (Housing) of the Draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be received and considered; and

(D)      the draft revised Chapter 14 (Housing), as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ to the report submitted, be agreed as a basis for inclusion in the final draft District Plan, with the content being finalised when the consolidated plan is presented in September 2016.

(see also Minute 328)

Minute 35 refers

The Panel considered a report that highlighted the issues raised through the Preferred Options consultation in connection with Chapter 13 (Housing) of the Draft District Plan Preferred Options version, together with Officer responses to those issues.  The report also detailed why further amendments to Chapter 13 (Housing) were required to ensure that the final draft District Plan reflected the most up-to-date policy position and the latest available evidence.  The Panel was also asked to support a draft revised chapter (renumbered Chapter 14), for subsequent incorporation into the final draft District Plan.

Officers explained the reasons for the significant changes that had been proposed.  The Panel also noted the legal position in respect of the threshold for affordable homes and how they were now defined to take account of the latest national policy.

The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the issues raised in respect of Chapter 13 (Housing) of the Draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be received and considered;

(B)    the Officer response to the issues referred to in (A) above, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be agreed;

(C)    the further amendments in respect of Chapter 13 (Housing) of the Draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report submitted, be received and considered; and

(D)    the draft revised Chapter 14 (Housing), as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ to the report submitted, be agreed as a basis for inclusion in the final draft District Plan, with the content being finalised when the consolidated plan is presented in September 2016.