Issue - meetings
Morritt Close Petition
Meeting: 10/09/2007 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel (Item 28)
28 Affordable Housing at Morritt Close, York - Petition Update 
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This report provides the Executive Member with details of a petition presented at full Council on 28 June 2007 regarding the proposed affordable housing development at Morritt Close, York.
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Housing be advised to note the petition requesting that bungalows rather than houses are built at Morritt Close, York.
Decision of the Executive Member for Housing
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To update Members on receipt of the petition and to inform them of consultation undertaken in relation to development of this site and details of the housing waiting list.
Minutes:
Members considered a report, which provided Members with details of a petition that had been presented to Council on 28 June regarding the proposed affordable housing development at Morritt Close, York.
The petition had requested that an equal or smaller number of bungalows should be provided for the same area. Officers confirmed that the majority of people on the housing waiting list required family housing rather than bungalows.
Members referred to an email received from Cllr Potter, Local Member, in which she stated the report did not address the request in the petition. She listed a summary of the comments made at the consultation meeting held in relation to the development, for member’s information. Officers confirmed that feedback on the comments had been sent to residents and they stated that a copy of this response would be sent to members.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Housing be advised to note the petition requesting that bungalows rather than houses are built at Morritt Close, York.
Decision of the Executive Member for Housing
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To update Members on receipt of the petition and to inform them of consultation undertaken in relation to development of this site and details of the housing waiting list.