Issue - meetings

To consider the recently published draft pan-Cheshire Sub-regional Housing Strategy (available to view on the Ellesmere Port and Neston website. The relevant page on the website can be found here: http://www.epnbc.gov.uk/housing/subregionalhousingstrategy.htm )

The first Strategy was developed in 2003 and much has changed in the intervening years.  The proposed new Strategy aims to bring the plans up to date and to set out the actions needed to identify and meet local housing needs in this rapidly changing environment. 

The consultation period ends on the 14th November 2008

The Prosperity Block Lead submitted a paper for the Panel to consider the recently published draft Sub-regional Housing Strategy and the implications for Cheshire East. The Strategy had been published on behalf of the Cheshire Housing Alliance, representing Registered Social Landlords and Local Authorities across Cheshire.

The vision of the Strategy was to provide a housing offer that supports the creation of balanced, sustainable communities and the regeneration of the sub-region’s most deprived neighbourhoods, through effective lobbying, partnership working and community engagement, to create a sub-region where all residents can achieve independent living in good quality, affordable homes that are appropriate to their needs.

The four priorities listed below have been identified as the key issues for the sub-region:

PRIORITY ONE:  To increase the supply of affordable housing to support economic growth and development.

PRIORITY TWO:  To make best use of the sub-region’s existing housing stock.

PRIORITY THREE:  To meet the housing and accommodation-related support needs of the sub-region’s most vulnerable residents.

PRIORITY FOUR:  To increase the supply of market housing to support continued economic growth and regeneration and to meet local housing needs.

RESOLVED - To endorse the emerging Sub-regional Strategy and the proposed housing priorities and confirm this as part of the consultation process