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Section 106 planning obligations (S106)
Section 106 or s106 Agreements (also known as Planning Obligations) are made by deed under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and are similar to covenants. They allow a local planning authority to enter into a legally-binding agreement with a landowner or developer to provide something or to restrict the use of a development. They relate to a person's land, binding whoever owns it and the obligation becomes a land charge.
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Housing Asset Management Strategy
The East Suffolk Housing Asset Management Strategy takes its direction from the East Suffolk Housing Strategy and the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan and considers the good management of the council’s housing stock to ensure that good quality housing is available for the benefit of our community in East Suffolk. This strategy is not a requirement but we believe it is good practice to have in place.
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Homelessness advice and prevention
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The Homelessness Reduction Act (HRA) introduced new duties (S179 of the Housing Act 1996) to provide free homelessness advice that is available to all residents in the local area. The focus being on homelessness prevention and addressing any housing issues at the earliest opportunity.
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Green burials
A green burial site has been set-up at Kirkley Cemetery in Lowestoft so that those who desire can lay their loved ones to rest in an ecologically friendly way and in an area that will develop into a pleasant and natural meadow/woodland.
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Tenancy services
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East Suffolk Housing Strategy
As councils throughout the country seek to address a number of critical housing issues, the first ever joint Housing Strategy for East Suffolk sets out our ambitions and priorities for housing services from 2017 to 2023.
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The full East Suffolk Housing Strategy establishes the challenges that the councils face and it also maps out the key areas of focus for the two councils: -
Council taking action to address housing issues
East Suffolk Council has undertaken an in-depth, four-month review of its Housing Landlord Service and is now taking steps, with the guidance of the Regulator of Social Housing, to resolve a number of outstanding issues.
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More affordable homes available in district
More affordable homes are now available to rent in East Suffolk following the Council’s purchase of ten new properties in north Lowestoft.
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Housing Stock Condition Report
Safe Suffolk Renters is a county wide project focusing on improving housing in the Private Rented Sector. It has been funded by a successful bid to central Government, and part of the funding was allocated to creating an up-to-date Suffolk wide housing database.
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Helping to deliver affordable homes in East Suffolk
A new planning document has been adopted in East Suffolk to help guide the development of affordable homes being delivered across the district.
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East Suffolk Council has adopted a new Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The Affordable Housing SPD provides guidance to support the implementation of the Council’s planning policies on affordable housing.
Cllr David Ritchie, cabinet member for Planning and Coastal Management said: “Our two Local Plans contain policies relating to the provision and development of affordable housing and this Supplementary Planning Document will support the implementation of those policies. This new document, which includes guidance on the design of affordable housing, legal agreements and carrying out local housing needs assessments, will be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications going forward.”
View the Affordable Housing SPD, and supporting documents, including the Consultation Statement and the Adoption Notice.