Issue - meetings

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (Community Direction).

Members received the annual update on affordable housing delivery. Concern was expressed that the percentage of affordable housing delivered against the target was lower than the percentage of open market housing delivered against the target. In response, members were reminded that a slower rate of delivery in the first half of the plan period had always been predicted, and in April 2016 at the halfway point, the numbers would be reviewed.

Members requested a report on the numbers of planning applications where a viability assessment had reduced numbers of affordable housing provided.

RESOLVED –

(i)            The report be noted;

(ii)           A report be brought back to a future meeting on planning permissions that had been subject to a successful viability assessment.