Issue - decisions

RESOLVED: (i)         That approval be given in principle to adopt a ‘dynamic model’ approach for assessing affordable housing numbers and that Officers be requested to carry out further research into the assumptions made in the model to ensure that these reflect local circumstances and meet the requirements of the Study.

                        (ii)        That Officers be requested, when reporting back in November, to identify any additional changes to planning policies which might be made in the period leading up to the adoption and implementation of the new Local Development Framework (LDF), and which could provide a short term stimulus aimed at getting a start made on new housing developments in the City.

REASON:      To ensure that the Affordable Housing Study is a robust evidence base that can be used as part of the LDF evidence base.