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There have been delays in progressing the scheme for the development of twelve new affordable homes in Glebe Close and it is unlikely that there will be a start to building the houses until 2011 because of lack of funding from the government agency in this financial year and also to allow conditions of the planning pemission to be sorted out.
Background to Affordable Housing Scheme
Housing Location Survey
The WRCC conducted a Housing Location Survey in 2007 in which a total of 153 forms were returned representing a response rate of nearly 30%. 68 people preferred the Allotments site for the development and 78 preferred an extension to Glebe Close.
The Parish Council has accepted the majority vote, coupled with the comments made at the drop-in session held in February 2008, and is treating Glebe Close as the preferred option although it is not ruling out The Allotments site in view of all the difficulties that still remain before a housing scheme could start. These difficulties include agreeing a price with the landowner for the land, overcoming infrastructure issues such as electricity, water supply, drainage, traffic management and bidding successfully for money from the Housing Corporation.
Background
This initiative is in response to The Parish Plan in 2006 which identified the need for more such homes, and the Survey carried out in 2006 to measure the specific housing needs. The survey form was designed with input from Stockton Parish Council and the Rural Housing Enabler for Warwickshire Rural Community Council. Approximately 550 forms were distributed and 157 forms were returned. This equates to a response rate of 29%; a rate considered good for a survey of this type. 13 respondents expressed a need for alternative housing.
Analysis of all the information provided took place in late December 2006, which identified the specific needs as:
Owner-occupier
1 x 4 bedroom house
Rented
3 x 2 bedroom bungalows
2 x 2 bedroom flats or houses
2 x 2 bedroom houses
2 x 3 bedroom houses
Shared ownership
2 x 2 bedroom houses
1 x 3 bedroom house.
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