No

Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 1261

Received: 13/02/2017

Respondent: Mr Dan Salt

Representation Summary:

The building of affordable housing is required and this is not in doubt, however, putting affordable housing in every single development seems pointless and likely to erode the maximum value achievable in some developments. A more intelligent use of affordable housing should be urged, informed by local demographics, movements of people and employment etc, which would promote a far more holistic use of affordable dwellings across the borough.

Full text:

The building of affordable housing is required and this is not in doubt, however, putting affordable housing in every single development seems pointless and likely to erode the maximum value achievable in some developments. A more intelligent use of affordable housing should be urged, informed by local demographics, movements of people and employment etc, which would promote a far more holistic use of affordable dwellings across the borough.