Decision details
Affordable Housing Viability Study
Decision Maker: Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11
Decision status: Decision Made
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of report: To seek final approval of
the Affordable Housing Viability Study following the progress
report on 5 October 2010. Members are asked to: Approve the final
report. Report now slipped to January meeting to allow time for
consultation with the property forum.
This report has now been brought forward to the December meeting at
the request of the Executive Member.
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Viability Study and its (current) 25% brownfield and 35% Greenfield affordable housing targets, as set out in Table 1 in the report, be approved for development control purposes, including a lowering of the targets by a further 3.5% if a 25% developer profit can be justified, or a lower target by individual negotiation following a site-specific viability appraisal.
REASON: So that the Affordable Housing Viability Study can be used as part of the Local Development Framework evidence base, avoiding delays to the production of the Core Strategy, and for Development Control purposes as a material consideration to assist in the delivery of affordable housing in York now.
Report author: Derek Gauld
Publication date: 14/12/2010
Date of decision: 14/12/2010
Decided at meeting: 14/12/2010 - Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11
Effective from: 17/12/2010
Accompanying Documents:
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