Issue - meetings

REPORT OF: SERVICE DIRECTOR - REGULATORY

To consider and adopt an Action Plan to increase housing delivery in the District as required by national planning policy.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the context for the introduction of the Housing Delivery Test (HDT) and the first result for North Hertfordshire District Council be noted;

(2)       That the actions undertaken to date be endorsed and that officers be instructed to continue to implement the activities identified in the Action Plan;

(3)       That the Housing Delivery Test Action Plan, attached as Appendix 1, be approved for publication.

REASON FOR DECISION: To meet the requirements of national planning policy.

Audio Recording – Start of Item – 8 minutes 48 seconds

The Executive Member for Planning and Transport presented the report entitled Housing Delivery Test Action Plan together with the following appendix:

·                Appendix A - Action Plan

Councillor Ian Mantle queried where the target figures were sourced from.

The Strategic Planning Manager advised that these figures were sourced from Government household projections.

It was moved by Councillor Clark, seconded by Councillor Albert and:

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the context for the introduction of the Housing Delivery Test (HDT) and the first result for North Hertfordshire District Council be noted;

(2)       That the actions undertaken to date be endorsed and that officers be instructed to continue to implement the activities identified in the Action Plan;

(3)       That the Housing Delivery Test Action Plan, attached as Appendix 1, be approved for publication.

REASON FOR DECISION: To meet the requirements of national planning policy.