Issue - decisions

Cabinet noted the outputs of the West Northamptonshire Strategic Housing Market Assessment May 2010 mentioned in the report

Cabinet agreed:

1.      The West Northamptonshire Strategic Housing Market Assessment May 2010 as a robust piece of evidence that the Council would use to inform its decision making with regards to affordable housing planning policies and the Housing Strategy

2.       An affordable housing target of 35% in the Borough to be provided in new developments, subject to viability considerations, for developments of 15 dwellings or ½ hectare in association with Northampton Local Plan policy H32, in advance of a new policy being adopted within the revised West Northamptonshire Local Development Framework.

3.       An affordable housing tenure mix target of 70% social rent and 30% intermediate housing types (e.g. new build home buy, below market rent, fixed equity, or other below market housing price products that may become available) within Northampton Borough.

4.      A target of no more than 15% of affordable dwellings as 1 bed homes, with the Council placing more emphasis on the provision of 2 bed, 3 bed and 4 bed houses as part of any affordable housing negotiated.

The above targets as set out in option C of the report were adopted for the purposes of development control.