Issue - meetings

Report of Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Stephen Gauntlett

(Non-key decision):

(1) To authorise the incorporation of a Local Connection Eligibility Test on the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register.

(2) To authorise the start of a re-registering process for all individuals and associations currently on the Register.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning, seeking its approval to include Local Connection Eligibility on the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register.

Policy and Performance Advisory Committee (PPAC), held on 17 March 2022, considered the report and was supportive of the officer recommendations in full. Councillor Boorman, Vice-Chair of Policy and Performance Advisory Committee, was in attendance to present PPAC’s discussion.

Resolved (Non-key decision):

(1) To authorise the incorporation of a Local Connection Eligibility Test on the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register.

(2) To authorise the start of a re-registering process for all individuals and associations currently on the Register.

Reason for decision:

(1) The proposal to implement a Local Connection Test to the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register is important in informing the emerging LDC Local Plan.

(2) The proposal would meet the requirements of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016) and subsequent Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016.