Current Projects
The Board is undertaking/overseeing several projects arranged under 3 main themes – New Homes; Existing Homes; Social Inclusion. Activity that crosses over the themes is picked up under the General heading.
The results of the Forum held in November 2006, together with other research and consultation will underpin the development of the various strategies that are being developed.
GENERAL
Housing Strategy -The overarching strategy that will set high level objectives and the context for other strategies.
Contact: Simon Maggs – Housing Strategy & Development Manager, Winchester City Council
smaggs@winchester.gov.uk
Central Hampshire/New Forest Housing Market Assessment - A major piece of research being carried out with other Hampshire local authorities into the housing market. The project will include and analyse of the market and the future need for housing, including affordable housing.
Contact: Simon Maggs – Housing Strategy & Development Manager, Winchester City Council
smaggs@winchester.gov.uk
NEW HOMES
Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document and Quality Framework - This document will provide further information on what kind of affordable housing is needed and how planning policies that require a proportion of housing to be set aside for affordable housing on certain sites will be implemented.
It will also provide guidance on how to improve the quality of affordable housing.
Contact:Simon Maggs – Housing Strategy & Development Manager, Winchester City Council
smaggs@winchester.gov.uk
Rural Affordable Housing Strategy - This strategy will clearly detail the Council’s approach to providing affordable housing in rural areas. The strategy will contain a formula for prioritising parishes to be targeted for investment in rural affordable housing, based upon sustainability, housing need and existing affordable stock levels.
It will link into work being done by HARAH (Hampshire Alliance for Rural Affordable Housing) and information gained from the completion of IDEA’s Rural Excellence Programme will also feed into the strategy.
Contact:Mark Barnett – Enabling Officer, Winchester City Council
mbarnett@winchester.gov.uk
EXISTING HOMES
Private Sector Housing Strategy - The Strategy will be revised in 2007 to include all recent changes and developments affecting private sector housing including information derived from the pending stock conditions survey.
Contact: Andrew Nairn - Senior Private Sector Housing Officer
anairn@winchester.gov.uk
Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey - A comprehensive stock condition survey will be undertaken in 2007 to provide a comprehensive profile of the condition, decency and energy efficiency of private sector housing.
Contact: Andrew Nairn - Senior Private Sector Housing Officer
anairn@winchester.gov.uk
Empty Property Strategy - This strategy will set out the Council’s approach to tackling the issue of empty homes within the district. The strategy will include a toolkit of options to enable these empty properties to be brought back into use.
Contact: Mark Barnett – Enabling Officer, Winchester City Council
mbarnett@winchester.gov.uk
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Homelessness Strategy - The Homelessness Strategy is published in order to comply with the homelessness Act 2002.
Contact: Gillian Knight – Senior Homeless & Advice Officer, Winchester City Council
gknight@winchester.gov.uk
Choice Based Lettings -
Contact: Olu Fajuyitan - Senior Housing Needs Officer, Winchester City Council
ofajuyitan@winchester.gov.uk
Seminar - Migrants from European Union Assession States A conference being organised under the Hampshire Strategic Partnership umbrella that will discuss issues arising out of recent EU migration.
Contact: Jane Goodwin - Equality and Diversity Manager, Hampshire County Council
jane.goodwin@hants.gov.uk