FOI request (FOIR-402898741)

Accessible housing

Requested Tue 22 February 2022
Responded  Tue 17 May 2022

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

Q1 - The current Local Plan comprises: The Hastings Planning Strategy (HPS) 2011-2028 (Adopted 19 February 2014) & Development Management Plan (DMP) (Adopted 23 September 2015) & The Policies Map. And also the Waste & Minerals Plan documents developed by East Sussex County Council. The HPS sets out the Council's housing target to 2028 and the DMP the site allocations needed to meet that target. A new Local Plan is currently in production.

Q2 - Art least 3,400 net new homes 2011-2028, annualised 200 dwelling per annum.

Q3 - The Local Plan was produced and adopted prior to the Technical Housing Standards publication.

Q4 - See polices H2(e) & DM4.

Q5 - The Plan does not includes targets.

Q6 - The Plan does not includes targets.

Q7 - Hastings Borough Council does not own any housing stock, this was transferred to 1066 Housing Association (now Optivo) in 1996 as part of a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT).