The Council uses a banding scheme to prioritise applications.
All housing and transfer applications received for rented accommodation will be assessed and placed in one of 5 bands, A to E. Key Workers will also be placed in band K. The table below sets out a summary of the banding scheme and gives examples of those applicants who would be eligible to be placed in each band. For a full description of the bands please see the Council's website for the Housing Register and Allocations Policy or contact the Housing Register Team.
| Band | Criteria | Examples |
| Band A | Emergency and high priority |
Medical emergency, life is in danger unless unless they move, tenants of social landlords that have been notified their home is to be demolished or redeveloped, tenants moving to smaller home and giving up 2 or more bedrooms, persons succeeding to a social tenancy, but to a smaller property, or have circumstances which are exceptional and /or emergencies which do not fit in to the above to |
| Band B | Urgent need to move |
Households accepted as homeless where the Council has a legal duty to provide accommodation or acceped a short term tenancy to prevent homelessness, sleeping rough, tenants of social landlords with insufficient bedrooms, social tenants no longer in need of an adapted property, medical need. |
| Band C | Identified housing need |
Living in private rented, sharing facilities, insufficient bedrooms for the household, homeless but not in priority need, lack basic facilities e.g. bathroom, have health problems which may be improved by moving. |
| Band D | Low housing need |
Other households with non need as mentioned in bands A-C and no local connection. |
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Band E |
All other applicants or no local connection |
Applicants with no housing need and no local connection, have sufficient income and/or assets to secure their own accommodation. |
Band K |
Key Workers |
Key Workers willing to accept an Assured Shorthold Tenancy in a property designated for Key Workers. |