Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24214
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: Burwash Parish Council
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? Yes
Duty to co-operate? Yes
1) We are currently struggling to clarify the claim of unviability on the Strand Meadow development of 30 homes in Burwash.
2) We are also unclear why the new proposals within rural areas have increased the size of the development from 5 to 6 units before on site affordable housing requirement is triggered.
We also believe that the current policy on the type of affordable housing provided through developments which includes shared ownership and affordable rent should be reviewed. The Housing Needs Survey we carried out as part of the Neighbourhood Plan shows that one of the two principal areas of need was from young working families on low incomes who need social rented units and are currently being priced out of the higher rents (80% of Local Market Rents) which are provided through the Affordable Rent product. Their incomes also preclude them from shared ownership. It is clearly not right that hard working families should be 'too poor' to be able to access affordable housing.
1) We are currently struggling to clarify the claim of unviability on the Strand Meadow development of 30 homes in Burwash.
2) We are also unclear why the new proposals within rural areas have increased the size of the development from 5 to 6 units before on site affordable housing requirement is triggered.
We also believe that the current policy on the type of affordable housing provided through developments which includes shared ownership and affordable rent should be reviewed. The Housing Needs Survey we carried out as part of the Neighbourhood Plan shows that one of the two principal areas of need was from young working families on low incomes who need social rented units and are currently being priced out of the higher rents (80% of Local Market Rents) which are provided through the Affordable Rent product. Their incomes also preclude them from shared ownership. It is clearly not right that hard working families should be 'too poor' to be able to access affordable housing.