We are now monitoring and publishing information on the applications approved where a developer comes back and says they now find it is not viable to produce the promised affordable homes quote and seek to remove or reduce this. The trend (and it is without a trend) is happening across England. This country needs affordable homes for our young families - we all agree about this. We also know that there is enough planning permission approved and brownfield to produced 1.5 million homes but still applications come in for new sites, usually greenfield, with wonderful promises of affordable homes. Once the principle of planning is established and remember - that principle haunts a site for ever, developers too often come back and claim suddenly is is unviable to deliver on this commitment.
Do you have any examples of a developer delivering on or better over and above their promised affordable quote? We'd love to hear about them and promote these sites!