Object
Development Management Development Plan (DPD)
Representation ID: 1013
Received: 20/10/2010
Respondent: Savills
Representation Summary:
The policy requirement for 70% of all affordable housing provision to be social rented on all sites is too high and inflexible, especially having regard to the flexibility in approach set out in the accompanying text. .
The drafted policy should refer to the need to take into account the findings of an affordable housing toolkit assessment, local conditions (including existing dwelling mix in the locality), levels of affordability, feasibility of delivery and specific site viability when determining the level of social rented housing within any particular development.