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Affordable Housing SPD

Affordable Housing SPD - adopted March 2010

What are SPDs?

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) are intended to expand upon policy or provide further detail to policies in adopted Development Plan Documents (DPDs). When adopted, SPDs form part of the Local Development Framework but do not have development plan status and are not subject to independent examination.

What is the Affordable Housing SPD?

The Affordable Housing SPD expands on district-wide affordable housing policies included in the Development Control Policies Development Plan Document (DPD). These policies seek to secure the provision of an appropriate level, mix and size of affordable housing, including on rural exceptions sites, so that new housing developments planned in the district address the identified housing needs of all parts of the community. It provides guidance to applicants and agents preparing development proposals to ensure the affordable housing proposed meets desirable standards at an affordable price to benefit all potential future occupiers.

The Affordable Housing SPD also builds on national policy: Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing and Circular 05/05: Planning Obligations, which seek to provide a balanced and fair approach to the creation of mixed and balanced communities.

Latest News on the Affordable Housing SPD

The Council adopted the Affordable Housing SPD on 2 March 2010.

The adopted SPD takes account of any representations received during the six-week period of public consultation undertaken in October-December 2009. To see a summary of each representation received and the Council's response to each representation, visit: Planning and New Communities Portfolio Holders Meeting - 2 March 2010 (This link will open in a new window).

Adoption Documents

• Affordable Housing SPD - adopted March 2010
• Adoption Statement
• Statement of Consultation
• Sustainability Appraisal Statement
• Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement
• Habitats Regulations Assessment Statement
• Equality Impact Assessment

Supporting Documents

• South Cambridgeshire Housing Needs Survey (2002)
• South Cambridgeshire Housing Strategy (2007)
• Strategic Housing Market Assessment [Cambridgeshire Horizons] (2008) (This link will open in a new window)
• Balanced and Mixed Communities: A Good Practice Guide [Cambridgeshire Horizons] (2006) (This link will open in a new window)

Historic Documents

• The LDF Document Archive contains the draft versions of the SPD and associated documents.
• Interactive draft Affordable Housing SPD (This link will open in a new window) - A link to the online consultation website where representations made on the draft SPD can be viewed.

If you would like a further explanation of this SPD, or any other matter relating to the Local Development Framework, please either e-mail the Planning Policy section on ldf@scambs.gov.uk, or phone (01954) 713183.