Decision details

The Committee received a report informing Committee about the differences between the affordable housing threshold set out in the Local Plan 2018 (in policy 45 affordable housing), and that in the new National Planning Policy Framework 2018 (NPPF) and recommend that significant weight be given to the national threshold in planning decision making and when planning advice was given.

The Committee:

Resolved (9 votes to 0) to accept the officer recommendation to:

                 i.          Take note of the different affordable housing thresholds between the adopted Local Plan 2018 (policy 45) and the National Planning Policy Framework 2018 (at paragraph 63 and the glossary); and

               ii.          Agree that, for the reasons set out in the in paragraphs 5-16 of the Officer’s report, that when determining planning applications and when giving pre-application advice that significant weight will be given to the affordable housing threshold policy set out in the National Planning Policy Framework 2018 (at paragraph 63 and the glossary).