In this chapter

• Introduction to development management policy
• Housing
  • Policy H/AH: Affordable housing
  • Policy H/RS: Affordable housing regeneration schemes
  • Policy H/RES: Rural exception sites
    • Policy H/RES: Location of rural exception sites
    • Policy H/RES: Scale of rural exception developments
    • Policy H/RES: Cross-subsidy between market and affordable housing
    • Policy H/RES: First Homes exception sites
    • Policy CLH: Community-led housing for exception sites
  • Policy H/EC: Affordable housing requirements within older person and specialist housing (including Extra Care)
  • Policy H/SH: Specialist housing and homes for older people design
  • Policy H/AS: Accessible homes and residential space standards
  • Policy H/HM: Housing mix
  • Policy H/BtR: Build to rent developments
  • Policy H/CL: Co-living schemes
  • Policy H/PBSA: Purpose built student accommodation
  • Policy H/SBCHB: Self-build and custom housebuilding
  • Policy H/GT: Gypsies, travellers and travelling show people
  • Policy H/M: Moorings
• Climate change
• Nature and ecosystem services
• Green Belt
• Jobs and economy
• Healthy, vibrant and inclusive communities
• Heritage and design
• Sustainable transport
• Pollution, contamination and safety
• Minerals and waste
• Waste
• Infrastructure

Policy H/RES: Cross-subsidy between market and affordable housing

Please read these options together with the policy for rural exception sites

Option A

Option A
Continue to state that a small proportion of market housing will be appropriate only where it can be demonstrated that the market housing is essential to cross-subsidise the affordable housing and that the site would be unviable without this cross-subsidy.

Advantages

• Reflects national policy and is flexible.

Disadvantages

• Current policy provides limited clarity on the level of market housing appropriate in cross-subsidising delivery of affordable housing.

Option B

Option B
As Option A, but adding the following details:

• Maximum of 40% market housing to meet local needs (including downsizing) 
• ...the site would be unviable or undeliverable without this cross-subsidy, taking into account the availability of public subsidy.

Advantages

• Provides clarity on policy.
• Market housing will only be permitted where it is robustly demonstrated it is needed to subsidise the provision of affordable housing.

Disadvantages

• Developments could look to maximise market housing on site.