Affordable Housing - Shepway District Council

Affordable Housing - Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) - Adopted September 20089 Ensuring Delivery9.1 A Section 106 agreement, or appropriate unilateral undertaking, will be requiredfor all planning applications which provide affordable housing, including outlineapplications. The issues which will usually be covered by the agreement are:-(i) the number, size, type and tenure of the affordable units(ii) the location of the affordable units within the development(ii) the timing of the construction and occupation of the affordable units inrelation to the rest of the site.(iii) arrangements for, and timing of, any payments associated with thetransfer of the affordable units and/or land to the managing body (RSL).(iv) RSL details(v) mortgagee in possession clauses9.2 The council works with five preferred partner Registered Social Landlords.These are:-Hyde Housing GroupOrbit Housing GroupRural Housing Trust (rural schemes only)Southern Housing GroupTown and Country Housing Group9.3 Contact details for RSLs are set out in Appendix 3. The council’s preferredpartners will be reviewed from time to time, so developers are advised to checkcurrent information with the council.Shepway District Council - Local Development Framework23