Decision details

Local Housing Needs Assessment Report

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

1.    To enter into a participation agreement with Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Gloucester City Council, Stroud District Council and Tewkesbury Borough Council relating to the commissioning of a new Local Housing Needs Assessment Report for Gloucestershire.

 

2.    To appoint Forest of Dean District Council as the lead authority to act on behalf of the Councils in the procurement of the consultant to produce the report and any necessary additional services. 

 

3. To pay £20,000 towards the cost of the production of the Local Housing Needs Assessment Report and release previous joint county funds held by Cheltenham Borough Council from the previous procurement of the Strategic Housing Market Assessment of £14,500.

Reasons for the decision:

The procurement of a Local Housing Needs Assessment Report is a joint partnership between Cheltenham Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Gloucester City Council, Stroud District Council, and Tewkesbury Borough Council who are seeking to appoint suitably qualified consultants to procure a Local Housing Needs Assessment.

 

The Local Housing Needs Assessment will help to inform the production and review of local plans and housing strategies by providing robust evidence of housing needs in Gloucestershire. It may also be used as the measurement on which five year housing and supply and Housing Delivery Test Calculation are based.

 

The Local Housing Needs Assessment will be compliant with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the requirements of the Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) and will assist in complying with the Duty to Co-operate

 

Forest of Dean District Council will be acting as the lead authority for the purposes of undertaking the procurement of the Local Housing Needs Assessment Report and for the procurement of any additional services during the term of this agreement.

 

Contact: Tim Atkins, Managing Director Place and Growth Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected].

Publication date: 12/10/2018

Date of decision: 10/10/2018

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