Purpose

A delivery plan for new homes in the city,
describing how we will deliver homes in line with the Housing
Strategy’s ambition for ‘More homes and housing
choice’. The plan outlines the actions the Council will take
to deliver, support and influence housing growth in the city.
 
The plan will include a programme of delivery,
action plan and site list providing detail on how sites identified
for Housing in the Council’s draft Local Plan will be
progressed.

Content

10.1

The Executive Director City Futures submitted a
report seeking approval from Strategy and Resources Policy
Committee for a five-year Housing Growth Delivery Plan. The report
summarises the key content of the Plan and its links to relevant
tier one strategy documents. It is recommended that the Committee
consider and approve the adoption of the Housing Growth Delivery
Plan (Appendix 1).

 

 

10.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That Strategy and
Resources Policy Committee approve the adoption of a new five-year
Housing Growth Delivery Plan (Appendix A), Action Plan (Appendix B)
and Delivery Programme (Appendix C). 

 

 

10.3

Reasons for Decision

 

 

10.3.1

The Housing
Growth Delivery Plan will provide clarity and certainty on the
Council’s ambitions for housing growth over the next five
years. It shows how the sites made available for housing purposes
will contribute towards the Housing Strategy’s ambition for
‘more homes and housing choice’. The delivery plan will
be an important document that helps to shape how we collaborate
with partners across the city meet the ambitions for housing growth
in the city. 

 

 

10.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

 

 

10.4.1

Alternative Option 1: Do not develop a Housing Growth Delivery
Plan
It is not a statutory duty to develop a Housing Growth Delivery
Plan, and the Council could have chosen not to develop a plan for
housing growth. This option was rejected as the delivery plan will
provide clarity and certainty on the Council’s delivery
programmes for housing growth. This will support further investment
in the city and bolster the transparency of the Council’s
plans.

 

 

10.4.2

Alternative Option 2: Deliver fewer affordable homes as part of
our Housing Growth Delivery Plan
A
delivery programme which included fewer affordable homes was
considered – our preferred programme includes significant
disposal of land and investment into affordable housing. This
option was rejected as the Council needs to deliver as much new
affordable housing as possible through growth in order to meet the need for these
tenures.