Stockport's housing plan 'won't deliver' enough affordable homes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukStockport's housing plan "won't deliver" enough affordable homes, the borough's Labour leader has warned. It comes as the Lib Dem council agreed to move forward its local plan to address a housing shortage.
The town hall's draft plan aims to deliver more than 15,000 new properties by 2041, with an affordable housing target of 50 percent.
Around 8,000 of these new homes are planned in the town centre. The total amount proposed would meet 85 percent of the borough's housing requirements. READ MORE: The staggering number of people on NHS waiting lists in Greater Manchester A housing topic paper published alongside the draft local plan stated that the approach would lead to a 'challenge' in providing enough affordable homes.
The government's current planning guidelines ask councils to 'meet as much of an area’s identified housing need as possible.' But Stockport is facing major housing issues, with an 'unprecedented' number of people facing homelessness and more than 6,000 people on the housing register.
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