Introduction
This plan applies to the 29 homes in Sportsmans Farm which are provided at Affordable Rents, due to complete February 2022 – November 2023:
| Tenure/Unit type | 1 bed flat | 2 bed houses | 3 bed houses | 4 bed houses | 5 bed houses | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable rent | 12* | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
*one 1 bed flat is a wheelchair accessible home.
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (TMBC) has nomination rights to the rented properties managed by Golding Homes Limited (Golding) 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 Golding 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 aims to prioritise applicants with a local connection to the immediate area of the development, those with a local connection to the wards of West Malling & Leybourne and Kings Hill 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.