To consider three items on which the Executive asked officers to report back:
· Letter to landowners – re. bringing forward land for rural exception sites
· Rural Housing Trust – possibility of utilising the Rural Housing Trust
· Rural Housing Enabler post – appraisal of bringing this external post in-house
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Significant Effect on communities in two or more wards;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Decision due: August 2009 by Executive
Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing
Lead director: Strategic Director - Planning, Housing and Economy
Department: Housing
Contact: Martyn Swann, Strategic Housing Manager Email: martyn.swann@cherwell-dc.gov.uk Tel: 01295 221743.
Consultation process
· Other local authorities – VFM of bringing Rural Housing Enabler post in-house could represent too high costs if undertaken in isolation – consultation through established partnership working
· Rural Housing Trust – examination of the service they are able to offer – direct consultation through meeting