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Representation ID: 66048

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Home Builders Federation Ltd

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

This policy proposes that a minimum of 40% affordable housing to meet local needs is provided on residential developments of 10 or more dwellings within the urban area and 5 or more dwellings within the rural areas. The form of affordable housing, its location on the site and its means of delivery will be subject to negotiation at the time of a planning application.

Policy H2 together with other policy requirements such as Policy CT5 Infrastructure Contributions to Meeting Places, Cultural Facilities and Public Art, Policy CC3 Building Standards Requirements, and DM1 Infrastructure Contributions are not justified by the viability assessments, which demonstrate that at the Baseline Market Position no development was viable at 40% affordable housing provision.