Local Housing Strategy
The Local Housing Strategy (LHS) is one of the key planning documents produced by the Council. It is being developed in tandem with the Local Development Plan and jointly with partner agencies in the Strategic Housing Forum. The membership of the Strategic Housing Forum/Housing Market Partnership can be viewed here.
The LHS will look at issues such as housing needs, house condition including energy efficiency and fuel poverty, sustainable communities, homelessness and particular housing needs. The LHS covers the next 5 years.
A core document for the Local Housing Strategy and the Local Development Plan is the Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA). The HNDA was submitted to the Centre for Housing Market Analysis (part of Scottish Government) and was approved as 'robust and credible 'in July 2011. A draft Homelessness Strategy is available for consultation. Your comments are welcomed and can be made via the contact details to be found at the foot of this page.
Other documents relating to the development of the Strategy will be posted as they become available.
Consultation on the LHS
The council has undertaken an initial consultation exercise with partner agencies, voluntary organisations, community groups and individuals. The focus of the consultation was the LHS Housing Issues Report which provides facts and figures and raises awareness of housing issues in
the Stirling Council area.
A report on the results of the consultation exercise is available here.
Although the consultation has now formally closed, the council continues to seek the views of organisations and individuals on the issues raised and questions posed on the Issues Report.
You can download a copy of the Issues Report and the Your Responses form. When you have filled in the Your Responses form, you can either post it to us or email it as an attachment.
The Next Step
Over the next few months the council will be continuing to speak to a range of representative bodies and will be working on the development of a draft Local Housing Strategy. The Draft LHS is due to be published later this year and will be subject to a period of consultation.
For Further Information
Write to: LHS Consultation, Housing Services, Room 124, Viewforth, Stirling FK8 2ET
Phone 01786 442884 or email
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