Object
Draft Affordable Housing SPD
Representation ID: 28483
Received: 11/07/2014
Respondent: Savills
Agent: Savills
It should be noted that the requirements of an outline application are indicative and subject to change. Developers should not be expected to commit too heavily at this stage without having fully designed the scheme or assessed the detail. It should be required that assessment goes as far as to say its possible, but not so far as to commit. The draft SPD seeks an indicative mix, but at the same time seeks to fix requirements. That is inherently contradictory. It also contradicts 3.12.
It should be noted that the requirements of an outline application are indicative and subject to change. Developers should not be expected to commit too heavily at this stage without having fully designed the scheme or assessed the detail. It should be required that assessment goes as far as to say its possible, but not so far as to commit. The draft SPD seeks an indicative mix, but at the same time seeks to fix requirements. That is inherently contradictory. It also contradicts 3.12.