Affordable Housing – Amendment to Policy
Minute 299 refers
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RESOLVED – that (A) the change in national planning policy through the removal of paragraphs in planning policy guidance related to affordable housing thresholds be noted;
(B) the affordable housing thresholds as amended in 2012 under the 2007 Local Plan HSG3 Affordable Housing policy be re-introduced; and
(C) the Starter Homes exemption policy, as introduced by Central Government in March 2015, be included as part of the amended 2012 HSG3 policy, as set out in this report.
(see also Minute 353)
Affordable Housing – Amendment to Policy
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The Executive considered and supported the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel meeting held on 10 September 2015, on Affordable Housing – Amendment to Policy.
RECOMMENDED – that (A) the change in national planning policy through the removal of paragraphs in planning policy guidance related to affordable housing thresholds be noted;
(B) the affordable housing thresholds as amended in 2012 under the 2007 Local Plan HSG3 Affordable Housing policy be re-introduced; and
(C) the Starter Homes exemption policy, as introduced by Central Government in March 2015, be included as part of the amended 2012 HSG3 policy, as set out in this report.
(see also Minute 307)
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The Panel considered a report outlining the recent changes in national planning policy relating to the provision of affordable housing, and their implications for the Council’s current Affordable Housing policy.
The Panel recalled that in December 2012, the Council had introduced a revised threshold to provide affordable housing and a percentage amount to be sought from development schemes in Category 1 and 2 Villages. This policy had been subsequently amended following new Government policy on the use of section 106 planning obligation agreements.
However, following a recent High Court decision, the details of which were set out in the report submitted, the Government had revoked the changes resulting in local planning authorities being able to formulate their own affordable housing thresholds. Therefore, it was proposed that the Council reverted to the 2012 Affordable Housing Policy (HSG3) position.
The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.
RECOMMENDED – that (A) the change in national planning policy through the removal of paragraphs in planning policy guidance related to affordable housing thresholds be noted;
(B) the affordable housing thresholds as amended in 2012 under the 2007 Local Plan HSG3 Affordable Housing policy be re-introduced; and
(C) the Starter Homes exemption policy, as introduced by Central Government in March 2015, be included as part of the amended 2012 HSG3 policy, as set out in this report.