Agenda item

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

The Chair re-joined the meeting at this point.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment detailing the City of London Housing Delivery Test action plan.

The Policy & Performance Director reported that, as the City of London had not met the housing delivery requirements set out within the first set of Government Housing Delivery Test figures, the organisation was required to produce an action plan setting out how it will improve new housing delivery to meet targets and apply a 20% buffer to its 5 year housing land requirement to provide greater flexibility to developers in bringing housing sites forward. He went on to clarify that, at present - no further action was required in addition to implementing our Local Plan policies, as projections showed that sufficient new housing would be constructed consistent with those policies to meet housing delivery targets up until 2022.  

In response to questions, the Policy & Performance Director clarified that this was a national approach to housing delivery and that there were no exceptions made for local circumstances.

RESOLVED – That, Members approve publication of the City of London Housing Delivery Test Action Plan, attached at Appendix 1.