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Summary
The Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee of Aberdeenshire Council approved the Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2025-2030 on 24 September 2024. The committee noted comments on the plan, including the need for clarity on net zero standards and external funding, and feedback regarding the need for low-cost shared equity housing. Information will be circulated on the Matchmakers empty homes scheme and ring-fencing council tax second home revenues.
Full council record
Decision
Committee provided the following comments on the on the draft Strategic Housing Investment Plan 2025-2030:
- IIA – clarity required at 7.1 (consumption of physical resources, waste and circularity, circular economy transition) & 7.5 on the neutral impact on costs and resources which will be required to deliver net zero standards. Queried if funding be accessed externally to help deliver the required standards.
- Feeback from communities in Mearns that low-cost shared equity housing is needed.
Information to be circulated to Members on:
· Matchmakers empty homes scheme and referral mechanisms
· Ring fencing thresholds from council tax second home revenues and long-term empty properties to deliver new build homes.
Related Meeting
Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee - Tuesday, 24th September, 2024 9.30 am on September 24, 2024
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Approve |
| Decision date | 24 Sep 2024 |