Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the City Development Manager.

The City Development Manager presented the report on the implications of a motion put forward by Councillor Musgrave on Community Land Trusts (CLT). Members were advised that, whilst the provision of housing through CLTs were in principle a good idea, there were significant resource implications in supporting such ventures. CLT’s worked well in rural areas with the support of Parish Councils although they were more difficult in urban areas due to availability of affordable land.

In response to a Member, the City Development Manager stated that there were some individuals in the city who had expressed an interest in a CLT but there was nothing active at this present time.

RESOLVED that no proactive action in respect of supporting Community Land Trusts is taken at present but that the appetite amongst communities for such initiatives should continue to be monitored and should a viable proposition present itself the Council would seek to support it in an appropriate way.