Comment
Core Strategy Issues & Options
Representation ID: 18671
Received: 02/02/2007
Respondent: Fairview New Homes Ltd.
Agent: RPS Planning
Affordable housing policy should allow for consideration of site specific circumstances, including viability. Any specific requirements should be indicative, including for specific sites, and open to negotiation in accord with Circular 6/98. PPG3 states that planning authorities should work with developers to achieve realistic assumptions on public subsidy levels for affordable housing having regard to site costs and the amount of affordable housing that can be provided viably (also draft PPS3).
Any policy should state that cases will be considered having regard to merit and the Council’s objective to provide affordable housing based on an up to date Needs Assessment.