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Housing Development Strategy and Programme

Meeting: 11/10/2022 - Cabinet (Item 48)

Housing Development Strategy and Delivery Programme

Report of the Deputy Chief Executive

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to a proposed new Housing Development Strategy for Gateshead and to a new five-year Delivery Programme (2022-2027) confirming the planned development workstreams and individual schemes that will help to achieve the much needed building of new homes across the borough.

 

 

 

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the proposed Housing Development Strategy and five-year Delivery Programme be approved.

 

 

 

 

(ii)

That the proposed actions detailed in the report to help ensure the successful delivery of the five-year programme be approved.

 

 

 

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

 

 

 

 

(A)

To contribute towards the Council’s housing delivery targets to create new homes including the provision of more affordable homes.

 

 

 

 

(B)

To contribute towards economic recovery and provide training, employment and socio-economic benefits for the residents and businesses of Gateshead.

 

 

 

 

(C)

To utilise the Council’s land and property portfolio to support the Council’s policy priorities.

 

 

 

 

(D)

To help decrease pressure on the Council to allocate further land in the Green Belt for housing.

 

 

 

 

(E)

To bring forward vacant Council owned sites for redevelopment.

 

 

 

 

(F)

To deliver the objectives of the Housing Strategy 2019-30.

 

 

 

 

(G)

T0 promote the regeneration of the urban area and redevelopment of brownfield land.

 


 

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