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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Planning, Building Control, and Infrastructure
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
1. To agree for the Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply – Main Document and Annex to be published on the Council’s website and subject to public consultation for 4 weeks from 16 September to 14 October 2019. The Greater Cambridge housing trajectory and five year housing land supply calculations have been prepared jointly with South Cambridgeshire District Council.
2. To agree a Statement of Common Ground with South Cambridgeshire District Council on the Housing Delivery Test, that will be published as an Appendix to the Housing Delivery Test Action Plan for South Cambridgeshire.
Matter for
Decision: |
1. To agree for the Greater
Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply – Main
Document and Annex to be published on the Council’s website and subject to public
consultation for 4 weeks from 16 September to 14 October 2019. The Greater
Cambridge housing trajectory and five year housing land supply calculations
have been prepared jointly with South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2. To agree a Statement of
Common Ground with South Cambridgeshire District Council on the Housing
Delivery Test, that will be published as an Appendix to the Housing Delivery
Test Action Plan for South Cambridgeshire. |
Why the decision had to be made (and any
alternative options): |
In January 2019, the Executive Councillor for Planning Policy and Transport agreed
that the Greater Cambridge housing trajectory and five year supply
calculations would be agreed by the Executive Member for Planning Policy at
Cambridge City Council via a decision outside of a meeting (together with the
Cabinet Member for Planning at South Cambridgeshire
Council). |
The
Executive Councillor for Planning Policy and Open Spaces decision(s): |
a. Agreed to the publication of, and consultation on,
the Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five Year Housing Land Supply –
Main Document and Annex; b.
Agreed the five
year housing land supply calculation of 5.3 years for 2019-2024 should be
used when making planning decisions from 16 September 2019; and c.
Approved the Statement of Common Ground
with South Cambridgeshire District Council on the Housing Delivery Test, that will be published as an Appendix to the Housing
Delivery Test Action Plan for South Cambridgeshire. |
Reasons for the decision: |
The
Greater Cambridge housing trajectory is used by the Councils to calculate
their five year housing land supply and to demonstrate that anticipated
housing delivery will meet or exceed the housing requirements set out in their
Local Plans. The two Councils have an established five year housing land
supply until 31 October, as a result of the adoption of the Local Plans in
autumn 2018. Ahead of 1 November when the Councils five year housing land
supply will no longer be established, the Councils have reviewed and updated
their housing trajectory and five year housing land supply calculations,
which will be used when making decisions from 16 September 2019, and will
also be subject to public consultation as required by national planning
policy and guidance for Annual Position Statements. The
adopted Local Plan establishes a five year housing land supply until 31
October under national planning policy. A new trajectory is required to
establish the five year supply position from that date for the purposes of
making planning decisions. In addition, South Cambridgeshire District Council
has three planning appeals where the appellants are challenging the Councils’
five year housing land supply and / or the implications of the Housing Delivery
Test results. South Cambridgeshire District Council’s statement of case for
one of these appeals must be submitted by 17 September 2019, and there are
hearings scheduled for autumn 2019. If the Councils’ updated Greater
Cambridge housing trajectory and five year housing land supply calculations
are not published before the 17 September, South Cambridgeshire District
Council would need to submit its statement of case based on the previously
published housing trajectory and five year supply calculations (from November
2017) which were prepared based on the previous definition of a deliverable
site, and the Councils are already aware from the appellants’ statements of
case that the assumptions made by the Councils’ previously on the
deliverability of sites will be challenged through these appeals. By
publishing the updated Greater Cambridge housing trajectory and five year
supply calculations on 16 September, the Councils will be able to use the
most up-to-date information for these appeals. As a result of the
publication of the Housing Delivery Test results in February 2019, South
Cambridgeshire District Council is required to publish a Housing Delivery
Test Action Plan. As part of the Action Plan, the Councils have agreed a
Statement of Common Ground on the Housing Delivery Test.
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Scrutiny consideration: |
The Chair and Spokesperson of Planning and
Transport Scrutiny Committee were consulted
prior to the action being authorised. |
Report: |
The Greater Cambridge Housing Trajectory and Five
Year Housing Land Supply – Main Document and Annex are attached. The
Housing Delivery Test Action Plan for South Cambridgeshire, including the
Statement of Common Ground, is attached. |
Conflicts
of interest: |
None known. |
Comments: |
No adverse comments were made by the Chair and
Spokes within the five day consultation window. |
Publication date: 16/09/2019
Date of decision: 06/09/2019