The Banding system that has been adopted by the Council The demand for social housing exceeds supply in Bolsover and therefore this policy prioritises the housing of applicants assessed as being in the greatest need. Once registered many applicants will still unfortunately, not have sufficient housing need to be offered a property. The banding system set out in this section will normally be used to decide when to make an offer of accommodation and to whom. The Council has chosen to adopt a simple and transparent system creating three ‘queues’ where people will normally be ranked by date order in each queue as long as they qualify to join the housing register. The housing bands are summarised below, and full details are then set out.

Band A – Urgent priority statutory housing need to move:

These are applicants that are owed a statutory award of ‘reasonable preference’ but whom the Council also believes should also be awarded ‘additional preference’ based on their very urgent housing need. Band B – High priority statutory housing need to move: This band consists of applicants that are owed a statutory award of ‘reasonable preference’ under the policy and have been awarded

Band B – High priority statutory housing need to move:

This band consists of applicants that are owed a statutory award of ‘reasonable preference’ under the policy and have been awarded Band B priority based on their assessed high housing need.

Band C – Lower priority statutory housing need to move:

This band consists of:

1. applicants with a statutory need but that need is assessed as being lower than Band B

2. Applicants over the age of 60 without a statutory housing need and who are not homeowners and are willing to consider accepting a tenancy for older person housing only in the district.

The date a band will be allocated

The band start date is the date the assessment of the applicant’s Housing Register application has been completed and not the date the application was received. If following being banded, an applicant’s housing need and/or circumstances change and a reassessment results in the applicant being placed in a higher band then in these circumstances, they will not retain the date they were awarded the lower band as the new higher band reflects a higher level of housing need. Therefore, their date for the higher band will be the date they were awarded that band for that higher assessed housing need.

You can request a formal review of a decision made on your housing application. This should be made within 21 days of receiving the decision. The request can be made verbally or in writing by letter or email. In these cases, you will be invited to make a written submission stating the reasons for your request. You can also request a review on the self-serve section of our website.