Issue details

Affordable Housing and Housing Mix Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

 

 

The SPD provides guidance on the implementation of the Kirklees Local Plan ‘Housing Mix and Affordable Housing’ Policy (LP11) which seeks to ensure provision of affordable housing in new housing developments and ensuring that the housing mix (bedroom numbers) meets local needs. This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) will be used as a material planning consideration when securing affordable housing as part of the determination of planning applications. It will replace guidance set out in the Council’s Interim Affordable Housing Policy (approved by the Cabinet on 14th January 2020) and SPD2 (Affordable Housing) which was adopted in 2008.

 

 

Details of the draft documents and consultation can be found here:

Affordable housing and housing mix supplementary planning document (SPD) consultation | Kirklees Council

 

The SPD has been prepared in accordance with the relevant legal regulations and has been subject to 6 weeks of public consultation which took place from 20th September 2022 to 1st November 2022. This was undertaken in accordance with the Kirklees Statement of Community Involvement. Statutory consultees were also consulted as required by legal regulations.

 

This has resulted in appropriate changes to the document, the consultation comments and changes proposed will be set out in the Consultation Statement as part of the Cabinet report.

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 06/02/2023

Decision due: 14 Mar 2023 by Cabinet

Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Children's Services (Statutory responsibility for children), Portfolio Holder for Finance & Regeneration

Lead director: Strategic Director for Growth and Regeneration

Department: Finance and Regeneration

Contact: John Buddle, Planning Policy Team Leader Email: john.buddle@kirklees.gov.uk.

Members/Officers Involved: Members: Cllr G Turner (Regeneration Portfolio Holder) Cllr Cathy Scott (Housing and Democracy Portfolio Holder) Officers: David Shepherd (Strategic Director Growth and Regeneration) Edward Highfield (Service Director Skills and Regeneration) Mathias Franklin (Head of Planning and Development) Steven Wright (Planning Policy and Strategy Group Leader) John Buddle (Team Leader Planning Policy) Internal service areas (Planning Policy, Development Management and Housing Growth)

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