Gateway to Homechoice - Choice Based Lettings Scheme

The way in which social housing is allocated across the Greater Haven Gateway is set to change at the end of 2008. The following Local Authorities are working on developing the new Choice Based Lettings (CBL) scheme for the Greater Haven Gateway. The local authorities that form the Partnership are:

• Babergh District Council
• Braintree District Council
• Colchester Borough Council
• Ipswich Borough Council
• Maldon District Council
• Mid Suffolk District Council
• Suffolk Coastal District Council

Tendring Council have deferred their decision at this time to join the sub-regional scheme.

Under CBL, landlords will advertise their properties and customers then choose which homes they are interested in applying for. The Councils have adopted one common allocations policy against which everyone will be assessed. An applicant will only need to apply to one of the Councils but can be considered for housing in all of the areas.

A common allocations policy has been developed and consultation on this policy took place from December 2007 to February 2008. The policy has now been approved by all of the above Councils – Tendring Council have deferred their decision to join the scheme at the present time. The full policy can be downloaded here. This policy will come into effect when choice based lettings is introduced at the end of 2008.

We are now developing our scheme and existing applicants will be contacted during the next few months giving them details of how the scheme will operate and what they will need to do to take part in the scheme.

If you wish to find out more about the scheme please download our latest newsletter.


For further information Please contact the Project Manager:

Babergh District Council: Diane Foley Diane.foley@babergh.gov.uk


You can also contact your representative on the Project Board:

Babergh District Council: David Clarke David.Clarke@babergh.gov.uk

Braintree District Council: Tim Lucas timlu@braintree.gov.uk

Colchester Borough Council: Peter McDonagh Peter.McDonagh@colchester.gov.uk

Ipswich Borough Council: Adrian Barney Adrian.barney@ipswich.gov.uk

Maldon District Council: Hazel Cybyk Hazel.cybyk@maldon.gov.uk

Mid Suffolk District Council: Sue Lister Sue.lister@midsuffolk.gov.uk

Suffolk Coastal District Council: Nicola Clarke Nicola.Clarke@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

Tendring District Council: Keith Price kprice@tendringdc.gov.uk