Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Alan Shuttleworth

(Key decision):

(1) To consider the final draft of the EBC Housing Strategy 2020 – 2024 set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

(2) Subject to there being no requirement for significant amendments, to authorise the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning to adopt the strategy and produce a formatted version for public release.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning seeking their approved for the proposed Eastbourne Housing Strategy 2020-2024.

Thanks were conveyed to Oliver Jones, Strategy and Partnership Lead (Housing and Community) for their work in producing the strategy and to those organisations who contributed during the consultation.

Resolved (Key decision):

(1) To consider the final draft of the EBC Housing Strategy 2020 – 2024 set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

(2) Subject to there being no requirement for significant amendments, to authorise the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Regeneration and Planning to adopt the strategy and produce a formatted version for public release.

Reason for decisions:

(1) The current EBC Housing Strategy, Eastbourne at Home, runs from 2013 to 2020. A new housing strategy is required.

(2) There have been significant changes to the wider operating context and local housing market in recent years and the associated challenges facing the housing sector. These need to be addressed.

(3) This new strategy provides a strategic overview, setting out clear outcomes, targets and plans to be delivered over the next five years. This will enable the Council to address the key challenges faced within the local housing market and to deliver our vision effectively.