Support

Representation ID: 14014

Received: 14/12/2020

Respondent: West Midlands HARP Consortium

Policy P4A - Definition of affordable housing should be changed to that in NPPF. This should be replaced with a sentence which refers readers to the definition set out within the NPPF, and perhaps in this region, the local definition set by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Pleased to see that a Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) and that the HEDNA (2020) does not include the private rented sector in its calculation of affordable housing need even with Local Housing Allowance.

Pleased to see that the Council sets an ambitious threshold of 40% affordable housing on site from qualifying residential developments. This will assist in the Council delivering as much affordable housing as viability allows in order to meet the HEDNA (2020) identified need of 578 affordable homes per annum over the plan period.

Welcomes the inclusion of paragraph 177 which shows support for entry-level exception sites; a policy approach which was introduced by the NPPF revision