Issue - meetings
Petition from residents re. requested impact study on student housing on communities as part of LDF process
Meeting: 26/03/2007 - Executive Members for City Strategy and Advisory Panel (Item 99)
99 Second Petition from Residents of Heslington, Badger Hill and Fulford on Studentification 
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This report informs Members of a second petition submitted to the Council regarding the concern of residents at the conversion of domestic dwellings to student accommodation.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to request that the issues of student accommodation be addressed at a Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group meeting at a convenient date after 26 March 2007.
Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure that the issues raised by this petition and the one reported to the Executive Member for City Strategy on 15 January 2007 be considered through the LDF Working Group.
Minutes:
Members considered a report which informed them of a second petition submitted to the council regarding the concern of residents to the conversion of domestic dwellings to student accommodation. The petition was attached as Appendix 1 to the report. The petition stated : “We, the undersigned call upon City of York Council to include a study of the impact of student housing on communities as part of the Local Development Framework process. This study should examine areas with high levels of student housing and explore opportunities to ensure that communities do not become unbalanced as a result.”
Members discussed the issues surrounding studentification and the limitations with regard to the definition of Houses of Multiple Occupation.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to request that the issues of student accommodation be addressed at a Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group meeting at a convenient date after 26 March 2007.
Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure that the issues raised by this petition and the one reported to the Executive Member for City Strategy on 15 January 2007 be considered through the LDF Working Group.