Agenda item

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) had issued for consultation a document ‘Planning for the right homes in the right places’. This document included proposals which impacted on the Borough. These were:

·       a standard method for calculating local authorities’ housing need;

·       a statement of common ground to improve how local authorities worked together to meet housing and other needs across boundaries;

·       making the use of viability assessments simpler, quicker and more transparent; and

·       increasing planning application fees in those areas where local planning authorities were delivering the homes their communities needed.

RESOLVED to agree the response to the DCLG consultation on Planning for the Right Homes in the Right Places, as set out at Appendix 1 of the agenda report.