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Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 1503

Received: 16/02/2017

Respondent: Nick Ager

Representation Summary:

The level of affordable housing at 50% is too high. For a location like Knowle the 50% affordable housing is pointless as being within such an affluent area they will never actually be genuinely affordable. Furthermore by insisting on such a high percentage of affordable housing it makes achieving the community benefits much less likely as developers will have to factor this in their appraisals. It would be better to have much less affordable housing to make the benefits stack up. Developers will not be able to provide the suitable housing types with under the starter home scheme.

Full text:

The level of affordable housing at 50% is too high. For a location like Knowle the 50% affordable housing is pointless as being within such an affluent area they will never actually be genuinely affordable. Furthermore by insisting on such a high percentage of affordable housing it makes achieving the community benefits much less likely as developers will have to factor this in their appraisals. It would be better to have much less affordable housing to make the benefits stack up. Developers will not be able to provide the suitable housing types with under the starter home scheme.