Barking and Dagenham - BC1: Delivering Affordable Housing

Policy information sourced from Barking and Dagenham Borough Wide Development Policies DPD

POLICY BC1: DELIVERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Developers will normally be expected to provide their affordable housing on site. However, in the following exceptional circumstances consideration will be given to allowing partial off-site provision and / or commuted payments as an alternative:

Where this will better contribute to the goal of creating mixed and balanced communities.
Where physical or other constraints or circumstances would make on-site provision unpractical or undesirable.
Where off site provision would result in a better overall mix of dwelling types and sizes.

If any of the above circumstances are established the developer must also demonstrate that there will be no net reduction in the amount of affordable housing provided across the 2 or more sites involved.

Affordable housing should be ‘pepper potted’ within schemes and not concentrated in one part of the development, unless it can be demonstrated to the Council’s satisfaction that this will create unacceptable management difficulties.

In areas with a high proportion of social rented accommodation more focus will be placed on the provision of other forms of affordable housing such as shared equity, intermediate tenancy, or discounted sale.

For more information please see the Borough Wide Development Policies DPD