Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: May 21, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Councillor Lucy Trimnell proposed the recommendations, which were seconded by Councillor Diogo Rodrigues.   Having been duly proposed and seconded, the Council Resolved to Reject the following recommendations:- 1)    To write to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to outline Somerset’s unique housing pressures and seek urgent assurances that government-funded migration accommodation schemes would not come at the expense of housing provision for Somerset residents. 2)    To affirm its commitment to prioritising Somerset residents for social and affordable housing wherever legally and practically possible. 3)    To request that any future government-funded schemes that affected Somerset housing supply were accompanied by sufficient additional housing investment in Somerset to ensure local need was not displaced.