Decision details

The Director of Prosperity and Development provided Cabinet with a summary of the Local Housing Market Assessment 2022 – 2037 and seek approval to utilise the Assessment as part of the evidence base for the Council’s Corporate Plan, Local Development Plan and Housing Delivery Plan. This document updated the findings of the last Local Housing Market Assessment completed in 2017/18 and had been produced in accordance with Welsh Government Guidance.

The Cabinet Member for Public Health & Communities thanked the Director for the report and recognised the work to date. The Cabinet Member was pleased to note that the annual targets had already been met.

The Cabinet RESOLVED:

1.    To approve the Local Housing Market Assessment 2022 – 2037 as a key source of evidence to support the delivery of housing policies in the Council’s Corporate Plan, Local Development Plan and Housing Delivery Plan;

2.    To approve the Local Housing Market Assessment 2022 – 2037 as a tool to negotiate affordable housing provision on planning applications and to identify how housing need translates to different sizes and types of affordable housing (e.g. social rent and low cost home ownership); and

3.    To approve the Local Housing Market Assessment 2022 – 2037 for use to inform funding bids (including Social Housing Grant) and to influence residential development in the County Borough.