Issue - meetings

Cabinet:

a)    Approved the draft policies relating to Build to Rent, Clustering and Distribution of Affordable Housing and Affordable Rents as an annexe to the Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy.

b)    Following approval, to delegate authority to the Lead Member for Housing to approve the final policies subject to minor amendments, if any, arising from public consultation 

This decision was first published on Friday 5 February and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 12 February.

Cabinet:

a)    Approved the draft policies relating to Build to Rent, Clustering and Distribution of Affordable Housing and Affordable Rents as an annexe to the Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy.

b)     Following approval, to delegate authority to the Lead Member for Housing to approve the final policies subject to minor amendments, if any, arising from public consultation 

Councillor Hazel Smith, Lead Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy Annexes, informing the Members this report could ensure the Council could provide policy direction in terms of applications coming forward for Build to Rent schemes and the clustering and distribution of affordable housing. She requested an amendment to the decisions, to delegate authority to the Lead Cabinet Member for Housing for minor amendments.

Councillor Claire Daunton and Councillor Heather Williams asked if this proposal would affect the clustering of properties. The Head of Housing responded that this would avoid the concentration of certain tenures but would provide further clarity within the policy to make it clearer that clusters would be dispersed appropriately across the whole development. The Chair of the Council requested amendments to the graph below paragraph 18 of the report, along with a missing sentence at the end of paragraph 24 in appendix A. The Head of Housing confirmed the graph would be updated and ensured the missing sentence would be amended as required.

After a further short debate, Cabinet:

a)    Approved the draft policies relating to Build to Rent, Clustering and Distribution of Affordable Housing and Affordable Rents as an annexe to the Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy.

b)    Following approval, to delegate authority to the Lead Member for Housing to approve the final policies subject to minor amendments, if any, arising from public consultation