Our policies and strategies

Affordable Homes Performance

We analyse our day-to-day performance and statistics for each quarter within a financial year to keep track of how we are doing. This performance data covers:

• complaints and compliments
• freedom of Information Requests 
• anti-social behaviour
• homelessness and performance benchmarking using HouseMark  

Housing Performance Panel 

Our Housing Performance Panel

work to improve housing services for all tenants and leaseholders by reviewing, assessing, and challenging our performance, as well as our contractor’s performance.

The panel identifies areas where performance could be improved. They hold quarterly meetings where they review our performance reports. Minutes of their meetings are published on our working groups page.

Annual Reports for Tenants and Leaseholders

You can find our overview of our day-to-day performance statistics for the financial year in our latest Annual Report Tenant and Leaseholders. 

• Asset Management Strategy 2021-2026 [PDF, 1MB]
• Mutual Exchange Policy 2020-2022 [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Mutual Exchange Appendix 1 Grounds for Withholding Consent [PDF, 0.1MB]
• Resident Involvement Strategy 2020-2023 [PDF, 0.6MB]
• Temporary Accommodation Policy for Council Stock (under review)
• Estate Inspection Policy [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Estate Inspection Procedure [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Small Land Transactions (HRA) Policy 2022 [PDF, 0.1MB]

• Homelessness Strategy (Updated March 2019) [PDF, 0.4MB]
• Lettings Policy - (Updated July 2021) [PDF, 0.3MB]

• South Cambridgeshire Adopted Local Plan 2018: The South Cambridgeshire Local Plan sets out the planning policies and land allocations to guide the future development of the district up to 2031. 
• Greater Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy (2019 to 2023) [PDF, 5.5MB]  The housing strategy describes the approach we will take to meet our housing objectives.
• Greater Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy Annexes (2019 to 2023) [PDF, 0.4MB] [PDF, 0.4MB]
• Greater Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy (2019 to 2023) - Build to rent policy [PDF, 0.2MB] [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Greater Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy (2019 to 2023) - Affordable rent policy [PDF, 0.1MB] [PDF, 0.1MB]
• Greater Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy (2019 to 2023) - Clusterin distribution of affordable housing policy [PDF, 0.1MB] [PDF, 0.1MB]
• Housing Needs of Specific Groups – October 2021: A study on the needs of people whose need are not met by the current housing available. It looks at the specific groups to focus on when discussing future housing need in the District.
• First Homes Interim Position Statement [PDF, 0.2MB [PDF, 92Kb] [PDF, 92Kb]: This is the Councils position statement on First Homes until our New Greater Cambridgeshire Local Plan is adopted.
• HCA Affordable Homes Programme
• GL Hearn Report 

For more information on any affordable housing policies please contact: strategic.housing@scambs.gov.uk. 

We work closely across the sub-region and with its key partners to assess the housing needs of specific groups, market insights, affordability of housing and funding provided by Homes England.

• Greater Cambridge Emerging Local Plan
• New Build Council Housing Strategy 2020 to 2025 [PDF, 0.2MB] [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Greater Cambridge Housing Strategy 2024-2029
• Housing Needs of Specific Groups – October 2021
• Housing Market Bulletins
• Cambridgeshire Insight is a shared research knowledge base for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area and provides data on demographic profiling, census information as well as interactive reports and data tools.
• First Homes:
  • First Homes Interim Position Statement [PDF, 0.2MB] [PDF, 92Kb]
  • First Homes Issues and Options Paper [PDF, 0.2MB] [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Empty Homes Strategy 2022 to 2025 [PDF, 0.2MB] [JPG, 2MB]
• Housing key facts [PDF, 0.3MB]
• Cambridge Insite
• Cambridgeshire County Council district demand profile
• Cambridgeshire Acre

If you require further information on local housing needs specific to South Cambridgeshire or a particular village, please contact Strategic.Housing@scambs.gov.uk.