Issue - meetings

To consider a report of Cabinet on the Housing Development Plan – Strategic Overview (attached).

Report AGREED without division.

A report of Cabinet asked council to agree increases in the Capital Budget in order to fund the Affordable Housing Sub-Strategy of the Council’s Housing Strategy 2014-17. This would ensure an increase in social housing delivery in order to meet housing pressure, expand housing option and improve property standards.

The report was AGREED without division and it was RESOLVED:

That the following requested increase in the Capital Budget, as set out in the Cabinet report, be approved:

·         15/16 Increase of £3.000m to £13.509m

·         16/17 Increase of £26.675m to £39.999m

·         17/18 increase of £20.797m to £29.744m

Councillor Damian White, Cabinet member for Housing, introduced the report

The report before Cabinet sought Members’ agreement to a direction of travel that would increase the number of units of council houses built within the borough to around 544 over the next three years.  The longer term plan was to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14