amendments to policy SS5 would be of relevance. It should be stressed though that the proposed amendments are still subject to public consultation (December February – 2016) and consideration by the Inspector in his report of the Submission Local Plan. 11.4 Reference is made to the emerging Local Met Plan policy in respect of affordable housing, this is not necessary in respect of the This section of the WNP has been ‘basic as this is not yet part of the amended in order to reflect the conditions’ development plan. policies in the now adopted Local Plan. 11.4 is a form of NPPF Annex Glossary contains the Met ‘Social housing’ ‘affordable second as are affordable rent, and current definition of affordable housing. housing,’ paragraph intermediate housing. In the future, the Please be aware that the government is This paragraph has been amended government may change the definition of currently consulting on an amendment to in order to accord with the NPPF. affordable housing to include that definition: ‘starter homes’. HD1 This policy is quite convoluted, as it attempts Partially met to address affordable housing, older persons housing, and presumably the mix of market This policy has been clarified and housing. The policy moves between different converted into a more clearly issues related to housing mix, which structured criteria based policy. undermines the clarity and coherence of the policy. However, the policy does not appear to have responded to the The first sentence is somewhat ambiguous, changes which have been made to as it is not clear what constitutes the the PPG in relation to the “specific needs identified for thresholds for when affordable Whitchurch”. housing requirements can be In respect of the second sentence, it is not imposed. While clause a) does clear what would constitute addressing the accord with policy CN1 in the ALP, need for older i.e. it should be stressed that CN1 “local persons’ housing”.
amendments to policy SS5 would be of relevance. It should be stressed though that the proposed amendments are still subject to public consultation (December – February 2016) and consideration by the Inspector in his report of the Submission Local Plan. 11.4 Reference is made to the emerging Local Plan policy in respect of affordable housing, this is not necessary in respect of the ‘basic conditions’ as this is not yet part of the development plan. Met This section of the WNP has been amended in order to reflect the policies in the now adopted Local Plan. 11.4 second paragraph ‘Social housing’ is a form of ‘affordable housing,’ as are affordable rent, and intermediate housing. In the future, the government may change the definition of affordable housing to include ‘starter homes’. NPPF Annex Glossary contains the current definition of affordable housing. Please be aware that the government is currently consulting on an amendment to that definition: Met This paragraph has been amended in order to accord with the NPPF. HD1 This policy is quite convoluted, as it attempts to address affordable housing, older persons housing, and presumably the mix of market housing. The policy moves between different issues related to housing mix, which undermines the clarity and coherence of the policy. The first sentence is somewhat ambiguous, as it is not clear what constitutes the “specific needs identified for Whitchurch”. In respect of the second sentence, it is not clear what would constitute addressing the “local need for older persons’ housing”. i.e. Partially met This policy has been clarified and converted into a more clearly structured criteria based policy. However, the policy does not appear to have responded to the changes which have been made to the PPG in relation to the thresholds for when affordable housing requirements can be imposed. While clause a) does accord with policy CN1 in the ALP, it should be stressed that CN1
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