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Representation ID: 71691

Received: 21/02/2020

Respondent: Barton Willmore

ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS
The draft SPD provides a calculation for off-site affordable housing financial contributions. It is noted that this seeks to reflect the increased number of market houses on a site (where an off-site financial contribution is being made) and results in a higher percentage of affordable housing being provided for via an off-site financial contribution. It should be made clear that this contribution is not going over and above existing local plan polices which have been subject to viability assessment. Policy H2 states the Council will; in exceptional circumstances, accept contributions of equivalent value in lieu of on-site delivery. This should include financial contributions, land or off-site provision of affordable homes.
Paragraph 4.27 of the Warwick District Local Plan then states that a developer may be required to provide either, or both, an alternative site and financial contribution. It is therefore not clear if the ’uplifted’ off-site financial contribution contained within the draft SPD assumes a developer will not be providing land as well, or if the ‘uplift’ for the financial contribution assumes no land is provided. This should be clarified in the draft SPD.
The text of the SPD should also confirm that the off-site financial contributions will be ‘rounded down’ as per the examples provided in the accompanying table.