Issue - meetings

The Committee received a briefing from the Housing Development Officer, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Council.

The briefing explained why it was agreed in 2011 that the Affordable Housing tenure split at Clay Farm is 60% Affordable Rent and 40% Shared Ownership as opposed to the S106 agreement preferred split of 75% Affordable Rent and 25% Intermediate

In response to the briefing, Members’ made the following comments:

     i.        Expressed disappointment that the aspiration of delivering a higher proportion of Affordable Rented units, in accordance with the top of the approved S106 cascade could not be achieved  during this time period  .

    ii.        Suggested that the table demonstrating the tenure splits across the site lacked clarity in terms of the difference between numbers of units and percentages.

In response to Members’ questions about Right to Buy ,the  Housing Development Officer confirmed that there were no restrictions in place regarding stair-casing. With the exception of some rural exception sites, stair-casing up to purchasing 100% of the property was possible.