A new sub-regional housing strategy for
Cheshire has developed by the Cheshire Housing Alliance
(
CHA
) which is a
partnership of local authorities and the principal stock-holding
social landlords in the sub-region.
The
CHA
provides local authorities
and other housing providers with an important channel of
communication, both to other service providers and the regional
agencies.
The strategy has identified four key
priorities:
- To increase the supply of affordable
housing.
- To increase the supply of market
housing in order to support continued economic growth and
regeneration and to meet local housing need.
- To meet the housing and
accommodation-related support needs of an increasingly ageing
population. Making the best use of the housing stock in
Cheshire
There are separate East Cheshire and Cheshire
West and Chester action plans these action plans will form the
foundation for work to tackle housing issues in the new
authorities.
View the Cheshire
Sub-Regional Housing Strategy 2009-2012 here (PDF
7.23MB).
View the Cheshire
West and Chester Sub-Regional Housing Strategy Action Plan here
(PDF 195KB).
View the Strategic
Housing and Spatial Planning Business Plan 2010 - 2011 (PDF
1579KB)
The shortage of new affordable housing
continues to be an issue for Cheshire West and Chester and it will
be an early priority for the Council to look at ways of providing
resources to increase the supply of good quality housing at an
affordable cost.
The latest Regional Housing Strategy for the
North West was launched in March 2009. The themes and objectives
outlined in the new strategy set the scene for tackling the
region's housing issues in the future. View the North West
Regional Housing Strategy here (PDF 599KB).
Draft Affordable Warmth Strategy
Cheshire West and Chester Council is committed to promoting
affordable warmth by tackling fuel poverty. Rising fuel bills and
more energy efficient homes are concerns for all of us and fuel
poverty (where people cannot afford to adequately heat their homes)
affects many people in Cheshire West and Chester.
The Council and its partners want to tackle this by helping to
make people's homes easier to heat through installing energy
efficiency measures and other initiatives. To aid this process, a
draft Affordable Warmth Strategy has been produced for the
district.
View the Draft
Affordable Warmth Strategy here (PDF 900KB).