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A review of the Cotswold District Local Plan housing requirement
Meeting: 20/09/2023 - Council (Item 61)
61 A review of the Cotswold District Local Plan housing requirement 
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Purpose
To agree that Full Council should approve the Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement, which finds that the local housing need of the district has not changed significantly and that the minimum housing requirement provided by the Cotswold District Local Plan does not require updating.
Recommendation
That subject to the agreement of Cabinet on 12th September 2023,
that Council resolves to;
1) Agree to recommend to Full Council to approve the review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 housing requirement.
Additional documents:
- ANNEX A. Review of Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement (CDC, August 2023), item 61
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- ANNEX B. Reviewing whether housing need has significantly changed (ORS, July 2023), item 61
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- Webcast for A review of the Cotswold District Local Plan housing requirement
Minutes:
The purpose of the report was to agree that Full Council should approve the Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement, which finds that the local housing need of the district has not changed significantly and that the minimum housing requirement provided by the Cotswold District Local Plan does not require updating.
Councillor Layton, Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, introduced the report.
- It was noted that a review of the strategic housing requirement was required every five years, and that a 2020 review highlighted that a partial update of the Local Plan was required to address issues such as changes to national policy and meeting the changing housing need in the District.
- It was highlighted that the adopted local housing requirement sets a minimum of 8400 homes and an additional requirement of 580 nursing and residential bed spaces.
- The review of the housing requirement carried out in Summer 2023 tested the adopted requirement to see if the number of homes needed to be higher or lower to meet housing needs whilst also protecting the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The review was confirmed to have found that 10,000 homes were already expected to be delivered over the Local Plan period (2011-2031).
- It was noted by Council that the local housing need in the district had not changed significantly, and that the Council had a robust housing land supply of 6.9 years.
- It was highlighted that the situation was being kept under review if any changes in the future to national policies, local housing need and any legal challenge through the planning process by applicants.
The Chair and other Members also wished to thank the Forward Planning officers for their work and for the Member Briefing provided.
It was noted that this was an important report to ensure that future developments are right for communities and are locally managed.
There was a query about special landscape areas and their protection of the AONB. The Chair then invited the Forward Planning Manager to respond to this. It was noted that special landscape areas were defined in policy EN6 of the Local Plan and that these were areas that were important to protect for their landscape character and tranquillity.
Councillor Joe Harris then seconded the report.
The thanks to the officers were reiterated by Councillor Harris for their work and to Councillor Layton for her leadership in this area.
It was noted that the situation ten years ago without a Local Plan and a five year housing land supply had changed communities, and this was why the report was so important to approve.
Voting Record
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Juliet Layton |
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Meeting: 12/09/2023 - Cabinet (Item 168)
168 Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan housing requirement PDF 103 KB
Purpose
To recommend to Full Council to approve the Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement, which finds that the local housing need of the district has not changed significantly and that the minimum housing requirement provided by the Cotswold District Local Plan does not require updating.
Recommendation
That Cabinet resolves to:
1) Recommend to Full Council to approve the review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 housing requirement.
Additional documents:
- ANNEX A. Review of Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement (CDC, August 2023), item 168
PDF 1 MB
- ANNEX B. Reviewing whether housing need has significantly changed (ORS, July 2023), item 168
PDF 717 KB
- Webcast for Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan housing requirement
Minutes:
The purpose of the report was to recommend to Full Council to approve the Review of the Cotswold District Local Plan 2011-2031 Housing Requirement, which finds that the local housing need of the district has not changed significantly and that the minimum housing requirement provided by the Cotswold District Local Plan does not require updating.
The Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, Councillor Juliet Layton introduced the report to Cabinet Members. It was noted that Cabinet was being asked to recommend to Council that the 2011-2031 Housing Requirement review be approved.
It was noted that it was very important to support this review to avoid a switch from the Local Plan residual requirement to the government’s standard method
The Forward Planning Manager, James Brain was invited to address Cabinet in terms of the review which was undertaken alongside the wider work with the partial update Local Plan.
It was noted that the numbers of sites for housing have not changed significantly, and that the Council continues with a comfortable 5-year Land Supply, and that the adopted plan has remains with the full weight in law. However, it was noted that this would need to be monitored in line with changes such a national planning policy and case law.
It was highlighted that this work was key to shape the future provision of housing in the District that’s in line with the priorities of residents.
It was noted that this would form part of the delivery of housing which is affordable for rent, social housing or for ownership.
The recommendations were proposed by Councillor Layton and seconded by Councillor Harris.
RESOLVED That Cabinet
1) AGREED to recommend to Full Council to approve the review of the Cotswold
District Local Plan 2011-2031 housing requirement.
Record of Voting – For: 8, Against 0, Abstention 0, Absent: 0