Issue - meetings
Application to Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to designate land in Cotswold District as a rural area
Meeting: 13/03/2023 - Cabinet (Item 116)
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To set out the various considerations around making an application to the Secretary of State to designate part of the district as a rural area under Section 157 of the Housing Act 1985.
Recommendation
That Cabinet resolves to approve the proposal to apply to the Secretary of State to designate land within Cotswold District as a rural area.
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Minutes:
The purpose of the report was to set out the various considerations around making an application to the Secretary of State to designate land within the District as a rural area under Section 157 of the Housing Act 1985.
The Leader of the Council invited the Principal Planning Officer as the report author to speak.
It was noted that this application would help to develop new affordable homes and that 15 -25 additional new affordable housing units would potentially be delivered by the end of the Local Plan period in 2031.
It was also noted that this designation would last beyond the end of the current Local Plan period.
The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Housing welcomed the report as a good opportunity to get new affordable housing in the district.
RESOLVED That Cabinet APPROVED the proposal to apply to the Secretary of State to designate land within Cotswold District as a rural area.
Voting Record – 7 for, 0 against, 0 abstention, 1 absent