Creating the conditions to deliver new homes and improve existing stock to meet our residents housing needs.
We are delighted to introduce the North Lincolnshire Housing Plan 2023-2028.
This ambitious Housing Plan 2023 – 2028 sets out the Councils vision and priorities for housing in North Lincolnshire over the next five years which have been identified to tackle the housing challenges faced across North Lincolnshire.
At the heart of the plan is enabling housing delivery across a range of tenure types to meeting our residents needs along with progressing the improvements of existing housing stock and improving the energy efficiency of homes so that all our residents live in safe and sustainable homes.
North Lincolnshire is a great place and is home to just under 170,000 people, with the population expected to grow by a further 4,000 over the next 20 years.
We will continue to work closely with Government to create the right conditions to boost housing delivery in North Lincolnshire ensuring all our residents have access to housing that meet there needs in flourishing communities.
Cllr Rob Waltham MBE, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council
Our vision is for:
North Lincolnshire is a great place to live well with high quality housing in safe, flourishing sustainable and connected communities, promoting, and enabling independent living.
To achieve this vision, we need to ensure that every resident in North Lincolnshire has access to good quality housing which meets their needs. The challenge of meeting this vision is ensuring that each residents different housing requirements and needs are delivered in line with the context of national and local policy.
Table 1: Percentage of people living in different tenure types.
| Tenure types | 2021 Census figure for North Lincolnshire |
|---|---|
| Owned outright or with mortgage/loan |
67.5% |
| Rented Privately | 17.2% |
| Rented in social sector | 15% |
Table 2: Percentage of people in the different types of housing accommodation
| Housing Accommodation |
2021 Census figure for North Lincolnshire |
|---|---|
| Detached | 35.2% |
| Semi-detached | 41.8% |
| Terraced | 13.4% |
| In a purpose-built block of flats |
6.9% |
| In a commercial building, caravan, or other temporary structure |
1.4% |
| In part of a converted or shared house or building |
1.3% |
These plans have been considered whilst working towards our key housing priorities to achieve the best outcomes for the people and place of North Lincolnshire. The Housing Plan will be a key plan supporting the North Lincolnshire Council Plan.
Housing is about more than the physical structures; it is about the people and the communities they live in. This priority focuses on supporting all residents including those within the most vulnerable groups, such as those with learning disabilities, fleeing domestic violence; care leavers; homeless and ex-offenders. Health and housing are intrinsically linked. North Lincolnshire Council wants to ensure our residents can live safe, well and independently as part of mixed and inclusive communities.
1. Deliver a range of good quality and energy efficient homes to meet our existing and future residents housing needs
2. Enable the delivery of adaptive properties using innovative and adaptive technologies to support our residents to live independently
3. Support and enable the delivery of six new villages
4. Attract new housing investment in North Lincolnshire to meet our residents need
5. Cancelling homelessness
Progressing action to address the existing stock in North Lincolnshire, where poor housing conditions exist to enable reduced health inequality and improved quality of life.
Impacts from unhealthy and unsafe homes include:
1. Improve Housing Standard across North Lincolnshire
2. Promote The Building Safety Act 2022 to ensure our resident more rights, powers and protection
3. Bring back empty properties into use
4. Improve the quality of privately rented homes and HMO’s
It is estimated that around 40% of UK emissions come from households, with up to 50% coming from heating and electricity. North Lincolnshire Council wants to drive up standards for environmental sustainability including onsite renewable energy and low carbon
technologies.
In North Lincolnshire we want our residents’ homes to be warm, energy and water efficient, with built in resilience to climate change and fuel poverty. The increase in energy costs mean that more and more residents are facing fuel poverty in North Lincolnshire.
1. Enable and Sustain reduced Fuel Poverty
2. Enable Increased energy efficiency
3. Deliver an increased number of homes are net zero and seek to ensure we end development that is carbon positive
Oversight and governance for the Housing Plan will be through the Councils’ Housing Executive Group which meets on a quarterly basis through the year and more frequently if required. Terms of reference for the Group set out purpose, plan, responsibility and
membership.
The Housing Plan Working Group will meet regularly to review the intents and interventions, working towards achieving accomplishing the interventions.
Annual progress report and review to Cabinet.
Priority One – Enabling a high quality sustainable housing market that meets our resident’s needs.
Priority Two – Enabling and progressing the improvement of housing standards in North Lincolnshire.
Priority Three – Enabling homes to be green and more efficient.
Priority One
Priority Two
Priority Three
The Housing Plan aligns with a number of key local strategies and plans, in particularly the Economic Growth Plan 2023-2028, emerging Local Plan 2020 – 2038, North Lincolnshire Council Plan 2022 – 2025, The Adult Strategy 2023 – 2025, Children in Care and Care Leavers Partnership Plan 2022-2024 and Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2019 – 2024.
To successfully deliver our vision the Council will enable, shape and work in partnership with other organisations. This Housing Plan will deliver new homes, specialist and supported accommodation but also raise the standards of existing stock in North Lincolnshire.