Terms of Reference
Timescale and delivery
expectations
The expectation is that the group will have met on 4 to 5
occasions, and will have some proposals
and recommendations to make to Cabinet by the end of the calendar
year 2016. This time scale will fit in with the first review of The
Local Plan.
Task Group Status
It was agreed by the Regeneration and Development Panel
that the group would be established a formal basis. In this regard
the group members will undertake (with the support of officers
including Democratic services) to:
·
Appoint a chair
person
·
Participate in meetings
·
Prepare / agree meeting agenda items
·
Agree and publish agenda
·
Meet in public – with the exception press
and public for reasons including commercial sensitivity or details
appertaining to another organization
·
Complete and publish minutes of meetings
held
Membership
The task group will be made up
of 4 members, which is representative/ proportional to the Councils
political composition. Group Leaders will nominate members to the
group.
Purpose / role of the group
The purpose of the group is to
examine and determine appropriate policy and practice proposals for
the Council’s Cabinet and Full Council to
consider.
The policy task group will look
at the following key areas:-
·
The requirements of Self-build and Custom
housebuilding Act 2015, and Chapter 2 of The Housing and Planning
Act 2016 relating to Self-build and custom
housebuilding.
·
Promotion and communication strategy in terms of the
requirements of the Self-build and Custom housebuilding
Act.
·
Opportunities to create self-build / custom build
plots that meet the identified needs of the area.
·
Planning policy mechanisms to increase the provision
of self-build/ custom build plots including (but not exclusive)
percentage policies, allocation of sites, exception site policies
for example.
·
Opportunities to directly or facilitate develop and
sell self-build and Custom-build plots – to be considered in
conjunction with the Council’s emerging Investment/
Development strategy.
·
Starter Homes
– in addition to make recommendations on emerging planning
requirements, and opportunities to access funding to directly
deliver Starter Homes.
·
Measurers to increase the Housing supply including
the supply of smaller sites to help SME delivery.
Meeting arrangements
Initial scoping meeting - with
the purpose of agreeing a work plan. Further meetings will be
arranged to discuss options, and review progress of work
plan.
It is envisaged that the first
meeting will be held before the end of July
2016.
Working methods
·
Involvement / contributions from specialists/
stakeholders who might be invited to present material at a meeting.
At the recent Right to Build Summit the NaCSBA announced its intention to form a Custom and
Self-Build Task Force to work with local authorities to implement
the Right to Build. There may be an opportunity for the group to
access this resource.
Important
source of pre-meeting material is to be found at:
·
Self-Build Portal - a national resource at:
www.selfbuildportal.org.uk
·
He also made reference to
the NaCSBA website at: www.nacsba.org.uk/researchdevelopment