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Schedule of Main Modifications and changes to Policies Maps

Representation ID: 24637

Received: 09/09/2019

Respondent: Mrs Sheena Carmichael

Representation Summary:

Ticehurst Neighbourhood Plan was only recently made (July 2019), and the wording for Policy H4 part 1 (not part i) was agreed with Rother DC. However, the new DASA policy improves on the TNP policy, by lowering the limit for affordable housing from a development of 10 or more to one of 6 or more. But the DASA policy referred to (DHG1) leaves an enormous loophole for developers who do not want to provide the level of affordable housing in the policy by allowing them to say that the affordable housing makes the development unviable. I suggest that the policy should require developers to submit a viability assessment BEFORE they are given planning permission.

Full text:

Ticehurst Neighbourhood Plan was only recently made (July 2019), and the wording for Policy H4 part 1 (not part i) was agreed with Rother DC. However, the new DASA policy improves on the TNP policy, by lowering the limit for affordable housing from a development of 10 or more to one of 6 or more. But the DASA policy referred to (DHG1) leaves an enormous loophole for developers who do not want to provide the level of affordable housing in the policy by allowing them to say that the affordable housing makes the development unviable. I suggest that the policy should require developers to submit a viability assessment BEFORE they are given planning permission.