Introduction
This plan applies to 28 homes at Clare Park, New Road, East Malling (20 provided at affordable rents and 8 as shared ownership) provided by Sage Housing:
| Tenure/unit type | 1 bed flat | 2 bed flat | 2 bed houses | 3 bed houses | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Rent | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2* | 20 |
| Shared Ownership | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
*One 3 bed house is a wheelchair accessible home.
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (TMBC) has nomination rights to the rented properties managed by Sage and this Local Lettings Plan (LLP) is designed to support sustainable letting on the development and balance maximising meeting housing need whilst seeking the prevention of potential management problems.
There may be exceptional circumstances in which TMBC and Sage agree to allocate a home outside of this LLP.
The circumstances of some households may need special consideration outside of the criteria of the LLP, such circumstances include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Households who have fled DV (and therefore do not have an established local connection or last settled address in the borough)
- Former and serving members of the Regular Forces, and their relatives in line with the additional preference set out in the Housing Allocation Scheme
- Households involved with the national witness mobility service
- Households owed a statutory housing duty by TMBC.
This LLP gives priority to applicants with a local connection to the immediate area of the development, those with a local connection to East Malling, West Malling and Offham ward and Kings Hill ward will have highest priority. This plan will also aim to achieve 50% of lettings to economically active households to prevent a concentration of residents wholly dependent on welfare benefits.