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Housing White Paper

Meeting: 11/04/2017 - Strategic Planning, Sustainability and Transportation Committee (Item 188)

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Decision:

1. That the responses set out in the body of the report be agreed as a basis for the Council’s consultation response to the planning aspects of the Housing White Paper

2. That the report also includes:

a. Added concern about encouraging the subdivision of development sites

b. Support for enhanced powers for serving completion notices

c. Support for land amalgamation powers

d. Additional comment on the sliding scale of discounts over time for discounted property scales

3. That the Chairman and Vice Chairman have sight of the final response before submission

Minutes:

Councillor de Wiggondene replaced Councillor Garten on the Committee at the beginning of this item.

The Principal Planning Officer presented a report on the Housing White Paper.

The Committee had previously asked for a report outlining the main themes in the Housing White Paper. It was noted that the Communities, Housing and Environment Committee would be considering the report at their next meeting. The Council’s formal response would need to be submitted by 2 May 2017 and the Committee noted that the Chairman and Vice-Chairman would receive a copy of the final response before submission.

The Committee noted that there were a number of issues which had not been addressed:

· Encouraging the subdivision of development sites

· The further enhanced protection of the natural environment

· The improved ability for Councils to serve completion notices

· The improved ability for Councils to use of compulsory purchase and land aggregation powers for regeneration

· Sliding scales of discounts over time for discounted property sales

RESOLVED: