Object
Core Strategy Submission Document
Representation ID: 16004
Received: 28/10/2009
Respondent: Shelter
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Shelter objects to this Policy for the reason that although paragraph 4.30 recognises and supports the regional requirement for at least 35% of new housing to be affordable this Policy will not achieve this. This is because the Policy only requires 35% of housing to be affordable on developments with 15 or more units. As a result, the lack of any requirement for smaller developments will mean that overall less than 35% of new housing will be affordable. Also, the target needs to take into account those larger developments where for reasons of economic unviabilty the requirement cannot be met.
Shelter objects to this Policy for the reason that although paragraph 4.30 recognises and supports the regional requirement for at least 35% of new housing to be affordable this Policy will not achieve this. This is because the Policy only requires 35% of housing to be affordable on developments with 15 or more units. As a result, the lack of any requirement for smaller developments will mean that overall less than 35% of new housing will be affordable. Also, the target needs to take into account those larger developments where for reasons of economic unviabilty the requirement cannot be met.