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DRAFTTOWER HAMLETS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKin-lieu.4. Affordable housing provision will be calculated:a. by using habitable rooms as a primary measure to allow for theb. based on the total housing provided on all sites and within allphases where a single development is proposed on more thanone site and/or within different phases.5. space,residential units or any family housing will be resisted.6. Estate regeneration development that proposes a net loss of af-eswhere:a. development demonstrates that a limited loss of affordableb. overall estate regeneration scheme.7. Development should provide a balance of housing types, includingfamily homes, in accordance with the breakdown of unit typesset out within the most up-to-date housing needs assessment, asshown in table :Tenure 1-bed % 2-bed % 3-bed % 4+ bed %Market Sector 50 30 10 10Intermediate 25 50 25 0Social Rented 30 25 30 15Table (SHMA (2009), table 13-2 “Future Delivery by Tenure”)3.1 Core Strategy Spatial Policy 02 (1), (3) and (5) sets out the borough’soverall target for new homes, including affordable housing, andprovides guidance for how new housing can be provided. Policy DM3provides further detailed guidance for how development can help tothe borough.3.2 A key component of this policy is to provide guidance for develop-homes has been amended following alterations to national planningpolicy guidance to include Affordable Rent.3.3Affordable Rent is such that it can be up to 80% ofwhat acceptable Affordable Rent levels are likely to be for the boroughas a whole. This has been informed by the research carried out by POD(2011) which takes account of local socio-economic circumstances. Inparticular local housing market of that area and the needs of the borough.These rent levels will need to be agreed with the Council as partof the development management process.Size % Market rent1-bed 65%2-bed 55%3-bed 50%4-bed 50%Table LBTH Affordable Rents Programme 2011-15. An Analysis. Tower Hamlets Affordable CaseStudies and Mapping (2011)3.4 The Council will support proposals which include Affordable Rent-Housing Market Assessment (2009). For the purposes of this policy, SocialRent refers to the rental levels of affordable housing and not tenancystatus.29