Policy H/CH: Community-led housing

Community-led housing is where local people and community groups work together to design and deliver new housing, and there are a range of delivery models. There are a number of community-led housing groups operating or seeking new homes in

The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

. Some Councils allow community-led housing proposals to be considered as exceptions to planning policy, and therefore the

Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

needs to be clear how any proposals for community-led housing in

The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

will be considered.

Responses received to the First Conversation highlighted the need to create balanced and integrated communities by providing a mix of housing types, sizes, tenures, ownership and management that reflect the findings of the Councils evidence of housing needs of specific groups. This included support for co-housing and co-operative opportunities, as part of making housing more widely accessible.

1. To include a specific criteria based policy for community- led housing - Not considered a reasonable alternative as community-led housing is a way of delivering housing developments, and therefore the considerations for these housing developments are no different to other residential developments.

2. To allow the development of community-led housing generally as an exception to policy - This is not the preferred approach as likely to hamper the delivery of rural exception sites for affordable housing.

• The combined areas of Cambridge District and South Cambridgeshire District Councils.

  Short form for the Greater Cambridge Local Plan, which sets out policies to guide the future development of Greater Cambridge. It also sets out where future development will take place, and identifies land for new housing, community facilities, shops and employment. It is the key document use to determine planning applications for new development in the Greater Cambridge area.

  : Topic paper 7: Homes

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Our consultation for this phase is now closed.