West Housing Market Area Partnership

The West Housing Market Area Partnership brings together representatives from a range of organisations that contribute to and influence delivery of housing and sustainable communities in Shropshire and Herefordshire.

FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE INCLUSION OF TELFORD & WREKIN INTO THE WEST HOUSING MARKET AREA, THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES OF THE PARTNERSHIP ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.

The West Housing Market Area Partnership brings together representatives from a range of organisations that contribute to and influence delivery of housing and sustainable communities in Shropshire and Herefordshire. The Partnership aims to:

1. Provide opportunities for partners to contribute their experience and expertise and to identify and share good practice;
2. Develop partners' common understanding of the sub-regional housing market;
3. Provide a strategic overview of the assembly, interpretation, review and updating of the evidence base for a range of policies and strategies including the Local Development;
4. Build commitment to tackling housing problems and issues on a mutual basis;
5. Provide opportunities for Partners to have an early input into housing policy and strategy formulation;
6. Raise awareness of housing issues affecting the sub-region at a regional and national level;
7. Raise the profile of the West Housing Market Area at a local, regional and national level.

Specifically, the Partnership will oversee the development and implementation of the sub-regional housing strategy for Shropshire and Herefordshire.