Decision details

Affordable Housing and Rural Housing Fund

Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Community Development

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Decision on an Application submitted to the Rural Housing Fund

Decision:

Following a recommendation of the Affordable Housing Funding Panel, the decision has been made to make a grant of £440,000 from the Rural Housing Delivery Fund to Broadacres Housing Association to support the development of 11 new affordable homes in Shipton by Beningbrough.

The award is subject to the development of a grant agreement and subsidy controls.

Reasons for the decision:

The Rural Housing Delivery Fund has been established using income from the 2nd Homes Council Tax premium to support the delivery of affordable housing on rural exception sites. There is a high need for affordable housing across all of North Yorkshire, with rural locations especially challenging to deliver in.

Alternative options considered:

n/a

Publication date: 11/02/2026

Date of decision: 11/02/2026

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