Comment

Representation ID: 1713

Received: 30/01/2015

Respondent: Cogent Land LLP (Cogent)

As discussed it is critical for the adequate delivery of housing that CIL does not threaten the delivery of the development plan. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) confirms and supports this by highlighting that for Local Plans to be found 'sound', the identified housing supply should be deliverable within the plan period. Paragraph 137 of the NPPF states: "Plans should be deliverable. Therefore, the sites and the scale of development identified in the plan should not be subject to such a scale of obligations and policy burdens that their ability to be developed viably is threatened. To ensure viability, the costs of any requirements likely to be applied to development, such as requirements for affordable housing, standards, infrastructure contributions
or other requirements should, when taking account of the normal cost of development and mitigation, provide competitive returns to a willing land owner and willing developer to enable the development to be deliverable."