COMMENT

The delivery of affordable housing is a key Government objective aimed at enabling everyone to have a decent home that they can afford. However, through the new Local Plan we believe the provision of affordable housing - linked to open market housing development - must be realistic with regard to economic viability and at the same time flexible to variations between sites and changes in market conditions over the plan period. Until the full costs of infrastructure required to deliver the Plan, and thus the CIL rate(s) the Council intends to charge remain unknown, we consider that it is prepamture for the Council to require any specific affordable housing requirement.