Agenda item

Report: See pages 8 to 13 of the agenda

Members considered the report.

RESOLVED:

  That the report be noted and the following comments made:

1.  The report contained no alternative housing schemes close to the 

  development.

2.  That the next Bermondsey community council planning meeting

  should receive a report on the regeneration investment programme

  that includes a copy of the housing development database and a list

  of sites within the Bermondsey community council area.

3.  That the next Bermondsey community council planning meeting

  should include a report on how officers balance the core strategy

  affordable housing targets , the affordable housing SPD which seeks

   to promote mixed communities and the need to achieve a maximum

  return on investment.

4.  That the next Bermondsey community council planning meeting

  should receive an explanation of the process by which it is determined

  that off-site opportunities are not available under the “sequential test.”

5.  That discussions should take place about the possibility of investing

  section 106 funds in refurbishing existing housing stock in light of the

  draft National Planning Policy Framework.