Policy information sourced from the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1

SC8 - SPECIALIST AND SUPPORTED HOUSING

Our approach

We will support the provision of appropriate housing to meet the specialist and supported needs of vulnerable local people, including specialist housing for older people, and the strategic aim of minimising the use of residential and nursing homes when vulnerable people could otherwise be supported to live independently or in supported and extra care housing in their local community.

We will achieve this by

  • Supporting the provision of purpose built supported housing to meet specialist housing needs where the proposed accommodation will meet identified local need (for example, Extra Care Housing, Supported Housing for People with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health Problems, Homeless People with Support Needs and Young People);
  • Carefully considering the need for further nursing and care homes with regard to the evidence submitted of the need for that form of provision and alternative forms of provision to meet that need; and
  • Requiring a proportion (in excess of 10% dependant on client group) of supported housing to be designed for or readily adaptable to meet the needs of wheelchair users.

We will expect development proposals to

  • Be developed in partnership with the council and/or health partners;
  • Have nomination arrangements for Supported Housing and Extra Care Housing agreed with the council to maximise the utilisation for local residents, and to ensure against the importation of need from outside the borough;
  • Be clear about how the provision will meet the needs of the borough’s residents;
  • Be of a size appropriate to the service user group and level of need; and
  • Support the integration of vulnerable residents with specialist housing need into communities.

For more information please see the Hounslow Local Plan Part 1