Decision details

The purpose of the local lettings plan is to support Cheltenham Borough Council’s’ investment in new build properties at Ingleborough Mews, Pennine Road, Cheltenham by considering measures to maintain low levels of anti-social behaviour and crime, and to support a sustainable and cohesive community. 

The properties developed on the site are six two-bedroom terraced houses and two two-bedroom semi-detached houses, all for four person occupancy which will be made available at a social rent level.

The properties will be allocated via Gloucestershire Homeseeker Plus Choice Based Lettings Scheme. This scheme allows the Council to enter into a Lettings Plan in certain situations, such as sites where new affordable housing is being developed.

The aim of the Lettings plan is principally to ensure that households accommodated within a new development can support the creation of a new and sustainable community. It is for the council to determine what goes into a particular lettings plan.

It is proposed that a local Lettings Plan is applied to the new scheme at Ingleborough Mews which will cover initial lettings only, to help support a sustainable and cohesive community.

Advertising the properties on Gloucestershire Homeseeker Plus without a Local Lettings Plan has been considered. However, for the reasons listed above, it is felt that a local lettings plan for the initial lets of this property will help create a balanced and sustainable community within the wider Lynworth community.

The draft Lettings Plan has been agreed with key officers from within Cheltenham Borough Homes and in conjunction with Councillor Peter Jeffries, the Cabinet Member Housing.