NDM6612 - Assembly Debates
Tabled on 06/12/2017 | For debate on 13/12/2017To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Believes that modular housing can be used as an innovative component in addressing Wales’s housing needs.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) undertake a review of the planning process to remove red tape and barriers to individuals who wish to build their own modular home;
b) establish a housing development corporation to acquire brownfield sites at existing use value and using compulsory purchase if necessary, where such sites have been undeveloped for three years or more; and
c) develop a register of such sites and give priority on development to small-scale modular housing schemes, to incentivise individuals who wish to build their own home.
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Amendments
In point 2, delete sub-point b) and replace with:
'examine incentives for local authorities and public agencies to identify brownfield sites that are suitable for development.'
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Delete point 2 and replace with:
Recognises:
a) the Welsh Government’s decision to start building new models of housing in 2017-18 through its Innovative Housing Programme;
b) that, of the 22 schemes approved for funding under the programme this year, 7 will be built using modular techniques with programme support totalling £5.6 million;
c) that a further £71 million will be available between 2018-19 and 2019-20 for the programme to build even more homes;
d) the welcome extension of the Property Development Fund to £40 million which will support SMEs to build more homes including modular housing and help to bring forward housing sites at an increased rate.
