Ditton local lettings plan Orbit

Prioritisation criteria

There are two considerations that will inform the prioritisation of households for the allocation of properties:

  1. Local connection
  2. Economic activity

Ground floor maisonette flats will be considered using the above prioritisation criteria and medical need for a ground floor home. Households with a need for ground floor accommodation who also meet prioritisation criteria A or B will be prioritised for these homes. Next priority will be to those with a medical need for a ground floor home, regardless of meeting criteria A or B.

Local connection

Priority will be given to households with a local connection to Larkfield ward and Aylesford South and Ditton ward, in line with the definition of local connection in the Council’s Housing Allocation Scheme.

Households in temporary accommodation (TA) will have their local connection considered based on their last settled accommodation before placement in TA, or through family. This is to ensure they are treated fairly, regardless of where they are placed in TA.

Economic activity

This plan aims for 50% of homes to be let to economically active households; where the lead or joint applicant is permanently employed or in work-based training.

Applicants will be required to evidence their employment or training information to Orbit as part of the offer and pre-tenancy checks.

Households not able to be economically active because they are not working age, are full time carers, due to a disability or impairment, will not have the economically active element of priority considered, i.e. they will be treated in a neutral way and not bypassed due to not working should they be next in line to be offered once the other criteria of this local lettings plan has been applied.

Ground floor maisonette flats

Ground floor maisonette flats will be prioritised for households with a medical need for them. Prioritisation criteria A and B will be applied to prioritise households with a medical need for ground floor.

If there are no suitable households with a medical need for a ground floor home the remaining homes will be allocated in the same way as the other flats, with criteria A and B applying in the first instance.