Affordable housing provision
Policy CP17 of the Core Strategy continues to be afforded full weight in decision making at this time. However, there have been a number of changes in the national guidance on affordable housing, both in terms of definition and product types since the production of CP17, most notably the introduction of First Homes.
In order to address the need for detailed guidance and to seek efficiencies in processing of applications, an Affordable housing protocol has been produced. The document aims to give applicants information on the information that will be required in the affordable housing statement that should accompany any application with an affordable housing requirement and also lays out how viability will be assessed should less than policy compliant provision be proposed.