Issue - meetings

A member of the public made a request to speak on this item.

A motion was moved and seconded that the member of the public be given the opportunity to address the Committee.

A vote took place, and the motion was carried.

The member of the public made points relating to housing allocations, masterplans and bypass roads.

Members were asked to consider and note a report detailing the Housing Supply and Delivery: Annual Position Statement 2025/26 to 2029/30.

Following on from the November planning committee meeting, the report provided members with further explanation of the process and how information was considered when formulating the annual position statement on housing land supply.

For clarity the NPPF required Council’s to update their position annually, with this year's assessment being based on 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2030. As previously reported, in December 2024 Government updated the methodology for calculating the Local Housing Need.

The report also included the following:

- Site delivery information

- 5 November 2025 Planning Committee report

- Annual position statement report 2025/26 - 2029/30

- Large sites within the housing supply

- Small sites within the housing supply

- Demolition and losses

Further clarification had been provided in relation to 5-year supply and overall availability as detailed in paragraph 3 of the officers report and how the NPPF should be interpreted at part a and part b.

Members attention was drawn to Appendix 1 category B sites which highlighted sites that had been excluded from the 5 year supply and reasons why.

The main topics discussed were as follows:

- Concerns around the Land at Low Lane / Little Maltby Farm, which was an approved application and was not considered deliverable within the next 5-year period, however the Land South of Manor Close, Wolviston was considered deliverable and had not yet been approved. The Committee were informed that there was no current progress/information around prospective developers for the Land at Low Lane / Little Maltby Farm, therefore officers had exercised caution as the development may not come forward.

- Brief discussion was had around Mount Leven Farm, Leven Bank Road, Yarm and the reasons why this was not included in the 5-year supply of housing even though it had been approved in 2013. Officers explained that the permitted scheme was implemented but unlikely to build out. Planning permission for an alternative scheme was refused and an appeal dismissed. It was therefore considered that the permitted scheme would not be delivered within five years.

- Questions were raised relating to demolitions and losses and why this was still counted in the 5-year supply of housing. Officers informed Members that when each demolition occurred this was then taken out of the 5-year housing supply.

- Members questioned the accuracy of the remaining houses to be delivered within the updated 5-year period particularly those at Land East of Yarm Back Lane (Persimmon Homes & Taylor Wimpey Plots) as Persimmon Homes had not responded to officers’ requests to update their figures of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 47