Housing Strategy 2009-2014 - South Derbyshire District Council

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South Derbyshire District Council Housing Strategy 2009 – 2014 3.4 2008 Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society. 3.4.1 The Government says, ‘We want to prepare our communities for the multiple changes that we will face; to ‘future proof’ our society so that it does not alienate or exclude; and to allow everybody, regardless of age, to participate and enjoy their home and their environment for as long as possible.’ 3.4.2 Meeting the housing needs and aspirations of an ageing population is likely to be one of the main challenges for South Derbyshire. The Office of National Statistics predicts that between the periods of 2005 – 2015 the older people population in the district will increase by some 30% compared to 20% for England over the same period. The Council is currently working in partnership with the Derbyshire County Council and a Registered Social Landlord to develop an extra care housing project to increase older persons housing options and developing telecare services to older persons in private homes. 3.5 Worklessness 3.5.1 John Hills 2007 report ‘Ends and Means: the Future Roles of Social Housing in England’ states that, “… a third of those unemployed in the spring 2006 are within the social rented housing sector”. Tackling worklessness is a key priority for the Government and housing providers who already have relationships with their tenants are seen as important partners to address this issue. 3.5.2 In September 2008, unemployment in South Derbyshire was lower than that for Derbyshire and England; however some wards have rates above the average. These include Newhall and Stanton, Woodville and Hartshorne where there are also high concentrations of social rented properties. 3.5.3 The District Council is involved in numerous economic activities including working closely with partners attracting inward investment through the promotion of the area and available sites and properties, together with assistance to potential investors to provide employment opportunities for local people. This includes major inward investment at ‘Tetron Point’ in Swadlincote from Bison Concrete Limited (manufacturer of floor units and structural components) and Fakro GB Limited (manufacturer of roof windows) as well as Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK at Burnaston. 3.6 East Midlands Regional Housing Strategy 2004 - 2010 3.6.1 The objective for housing set out in this Strategy is, ‘to ensure that the existing and future housing stock is appropriate to meet the housing needs of all parts of the community’. 10
South Derbyshire District Council Housing Strategy 2009 – 2014 3.6.2 To contribute to the vision and changing situation in the East Midlands, policies have been grouped into three overall strategic aims of balance, inclusion and co-ordination. Policies to deliver these aims include: • Increasing the quantity, securing quality and choice. • Addressing low demand including options for unpopular or unsuitable sheltered housing. • Delivering decent homes and neighbourhoods. • Tackling the causes of homelessness. • Ensuring that in rural areas there is provision of quality housing to meet a range of needs. • Developing the role of sub-regions and supporting economic growth in partnership. 3.6.3 A new draft Regional Housing Strategy entitled ‘Managing Growth: Managing Change 2008- 2016’ is currently being developed by the East Midlands Regional Assembly. A key emerging challenge will be to meet the housing needs for a predicted household growth across the region of some 20% between 2001 and 2006. 3.7 East Midlands Regional Plan (Published March 2009) 3.7.1 The Regional Plan is the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East Midlands and sets out a broad development strategy up to 2026. It identifies the scale and distribution of new housing and other priorities such as environment, transport and economic development. 3.7.2 For South Derbyshire this plan proposes development of 600 dwellings per year. This recently published plan is currently the subject of a partial review, including re-examining housing requirements. 4. PARTNERSHIP WORKING 4.1 Strategic Development 4.1.1 We recognise that people do not restrict where they choose to live based on administrative areas and that we need to work with our partners to meet both local housing needs as well as the wider sub-regional needs. 4.1.2 During the period of the previous 2003 – 2008 Housing Strategy we increased our partnership working with the aim of developing more efficient ways of delivering affordable housing and other strategic priorities such as homelessness and improving the private sector housing stock; e.g. We have secured permission for some 2,500 new homes to be developed on the fringes of Derby to meet a housing need for both Derby City and South Derbyshire. 11
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