Object

Representation ID: 19926

Received: 27/01/2009

Respondent: Croudace Strategic Ltd

Agent: Charles Planning Associates Limited

The options of lowering the site threshold and percentage of affordable housing sought should be informed by a robust assessment of the viability of such options. This assessment must be carried out before the next stage of the Core Strategy. The percentage of affordable housing above the recently adopted policy would call into question the viability of a number of sites, The Council must accept that an increase in the affordable housing provision sought on each site will need to be balanced against other requirements. In this regard, the percentage of affordable housing sought on each site should be based on site specific circumstances. The Core Strategy may set a target, informed by a viability assessment, the Council should not seek to stringently apply this as an absolute minimum but rather as a guideline for negotiation.