Decision details

The Draft Peterborough Housing Strategy 2016 To 2021 - MAR17/CAB/30

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to support the Peterborough Housing Strategy as attached at Appendix A, incorporating the amendments set out in the supplementary report, and agreed to recommend it to Council for adoption.

 

Reasons for the decision:

The stated lifespan of the existing Peterborough Housing Strategy was from 2011 to 2015. Plans to renew the Strategy were delayed to await the outcome of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. The major anticipated announcements had now been made by Government, so the timing to publish our own local housing strategy was very timely. 

Alternative options considered:

A ‘do nothing’ option (where no new Housing Strategy was developed and the existing Housing Strategy was not updated) was considered.  However such an approach would mean that Peterborough would have an out of date Strategy which did not reflect the significant changes to national housing and welfare policy and how we as a Council plan to respond to them. A refresh of the Strategy was necessary to ensure that we had a fit for purpose Housing Strategy.

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None.

Background Documents:

None.

 

Publication date: 20/03/2017

Date of decision: 20/03/2017