Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 2010202Community Strategy 2007- 2010Raise awareness of the need for affordable housing with the aim of bringingforward possible development sites more quickly.• 0 new affordable homes were delivered but 69 were granted consentLocal IndicatorsThe Local Plan requires 30% of relevant new developments to be affordable housingunits.Policy COM 2In order to help meet demonstrated affordable housing needs, the Council will seekthe provision of affordable housing within all residential developments, includingconversions (and including adjacent land if it can be expected to form part of a largersite), of either:a) 0.5ha and over, or 15 dwellings, which ever is the lesser; orb) in settlements of less than 3,000 population, either 0.25 ha and over, or 7dwellingsor more, whichever is the lesser where there is an identified housing need.On the above qualifying sites the Council will seek up to 30% of the units to beaffordable, but the number, type and dispersal of units to be provided will be subject tonegotiation.Table 65: Planning Consents for affordable housing 2009 / 2010Site abovethresholdsLocationDateplanningconsentgrantedin policyCOM2(qualifyingsites)Total No.UnitsNo. A/HUnits%AchievedBadsey, landoff ManorClose09/01715 10/09/09 N 2 2Broadway,Shear House,LeamingtonRoad09/01605 27/11/09 N 12 12Eckington,TewkesburyRoad09/02564 19/03/10 Y 24 7 29.2%Evesham,land rear ofHighfieldRoad 19/08/09 Y 10 3 30%