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Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2007 Alternative Format Documents Alternative Format Documents This and other Local Development Framework documents are or will be made available in large copy print, audio cassette, Braille or languages other than English. If you require the document in one of these formats please contact: Forward Planning, Scarborough, YO11 2HG Tel: 01723 232480 E-mail: forwardplanning@scarborough.gov.uk
Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document 2007 Foreword A shortage of affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues the Borough faces. Recent research suggests that housing need has nearly tripled in the past 5 years. In response to this the Council has assessed the means by which provision can be increased, pending the completion of the Borough's Core Strategy - the central plank of the emerging Local Development Framework that will eventually replace the Local Plan. The preparation of this revised Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) is the most efficient way that the planning system can react to this issue. The Council's previous Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document was adopted in February 2006. This in turn replaced guidance from February 2005, and introduced an approach whereby sites of 0.5ha and above, or producing 15 or more dwellings would be expected to ensure that 20% of the resulting dwellings were affordable. Following the publication of PPS3 in November 2005, the progression of the Regional Spatial Strategy through public examination in autumn 2005, and the emerging results of a Borough Wide Housing Market Assessment, the Council decided to revise this guidance and look to provide more affordable housing by increasing the number of sites on which affordable housing will be expected and increasing the percentage of affordable housing on those sites. Foreword In line with the procedural requirements a Sustainability Appraisal has informed the process of SPD preparation. This Supplementary Planning Document should be read in conjunction with two companion documents produced by the Council: Affordable Housing Negotiation Protocol Viability Assessment Procedure It should be noted that this Supplementary Planning Document relates to that part of the Borough outside the North York Moors National Park. The National Park Authority undertakes the planning function in its administrative area.
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