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Housing Strategy - Updated Action Plan

Meeting: 15/04/2024 - Cabinet (Item 49)

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Executive Summary	This report sets out a review of the Council’s existing Housing Strategy (2022-2026) including an evaluation of progress against the existing aims and action plan; and proposes an updated action plan for the period 2024 - 2027
Options considered	A range of interventions were considered as part of the development of the current Housing Strategy. These have shaped the proposed updated action plan
Consultation(s)	Portfolio Holder for Housing and Peoples’ Services Officers identified in the action plan in Appendix B
Recommendations	It is recommended that Cabinet agree the proposed new Housing Strategy actions set out in Appendix B of this report
Reasons for recommendations	To ensure the Council’s Housing Strategy continues to provide a framework for delivery of the Corporate Plan aim “Meeting our housing need”.
Background papers	None

Wards affected	Districtwide
Cabinet member(s)	Cllr Fredericks, Portfolio Holder for Housing and Peoples’ Services
Contact Officer	Nicky Debbage / Graham Connolly, Housing Strategy & Delivery Manager, nicky.debbage@north-norfolk.gov.uk / graham.connolly@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Additional documents:

Decision:

Decision

RESOLVED

To agree the proposed new Housing Strategy actions set out in Appendix B of this report

Reason for the decision:

To ensure the Council’s Housing Strategy continues to provide a framework for delivery of the Corporate Plan aim “Meeting our housing need”.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Housing, Cllr W Fredericks, introduced this item. She explained that the Council adopted the current Housing Strategy and Action Plan in 2021 and many of the original actions in the Action Plan had since been delivered. However, there remained many challenges to housing in the district; high levels of homelessness, the need to improve the energy efficiency of housing in the district and the housing needs of older residents being three of the more pressing challenges.

Now that the Council had adopted a new Corporate Plan for 2023/27, which included specific actions to help ‘Meet our Housing Need’, a new Action Plan for 2024- 2027 had been created and it included a number of additional actions to reflect the corporate plan priorities.

Cllr Fredericks thanked officers for their hard work and said that any recommendations coming out of the Overview & Scrutiny Task & Finish Group on homelessness would be considered and incorporated.

Cllr J Toye commented on the section in the report regarding homelessness and said that all members should reflect on the severity of this issue for the district. He asked that when the document went out to consultation that residents living in areas bordering North Norfolk could be included.

Cllr L Vickers said that she was grateful to Cllr Fredericks for agreeing to take the Task & Finish Group’s recommendation. She said that she was very supportive of ‘local homes for local people’ and wondered how the two-year requirement had been reached, as Cornwall had a three-year requirement in place. The Chairman replied that this question related to the next item on the agenda and would be picked up then.

Cllr C Cushing requested an update on the situation with nutrient neutrality. Cllr A Brown, Portfolio Holder for Planning, said that an update on nutrient neutrality would be provided to members in mid-May. There was a series of meetings that needed to take place before a meaningful update could be provided.

It was proposed by Cllr W Fredericks, seconded by Cllr L Withington and

RESOLVED

To agree the proposed new Housing Strategy actions set out in Appendix B of this report

Reason for the decision:

To ensure the Council’s Housing Strategy continues to provide a framework for delivery of the Corporate Plan aim “Meeting our housing need”.