Agenda item

Council was informed that the Executive Board, at its meeting held on the 29^th  July, 2019 (minute 6 refers), had considered a report which set out a plan to deliver over 900 new Council homes over the next 10 years. The report outlined when and where the new homes would be built, the resources available and the delivery models that would be used. It also outlined how the plan would support regeneration priorities across the County.

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the following recommendations of the Executive Board be accepted:

“10.2.1 to re-affirm the key delivery principles for the Council new build programme, aligning with our successful Affordable Homes Delivery Plan;

10.2.2 to agree the range of delivery models that will be used to build over 900 new Council homes, enabling us to offer a variety of housing options in different areas of the County;

  10.2.3  to confirm that the new Council homes will be delivered using the affordable housing action areas developed as part of the Affordable Homes Delivery Plan;

  10.2.4  to agree the priority phasing structure to be used to determine when the new build sites will be developed;

  10.2.5  to confirm the criteria to be used to move developments from Phase B and Phase C into Phase A;

  10.2.6  to agree the first three year delivery programme for building new Council homes in the county, investing over £53m and creating over 300 new Council homes.”