Policy information sourced from the Broxbourne Local Plan

H2: Affordable Housing

The provision of affordable housing will be required on all new residential developments of more than 10 units, or the site has an area of 0.5 hectares or more.

Attempts to circumvent this threshold by fragmentation of a large site, and/or underdevelopment of a site suitable for a higher density will be strongly resisted.

40% of units in the development are required to be affordable.

The affordable housing split will be 65% affordable housing for rent and 35% affordable housing for sale unless identified requirements or market conditions indicate otherwise.

Affordable Housing should be provided on site. Every proposal that includes affordable housing should ensure that the market and affordable housing are integrated within the scheme, have the same external appearance and quality; and accord with all other development standards in this plan.

Contributions towards the off-site provision of affordable housing in lieu of on-site provision will be an exception and will only be accepted in relation to developments which the Council considers are unsuitable for the provision of affordable housing. Contributions towards the off-site delivery of affordable housing will be negotiated on a site by site basis, with regard to the Council’s Affordable Housing Strategy, and national policy requirements and funding arrangements at the time of the negotiation.

Proposals to provide affordable housing (or financial contributions towards offsite provision) which fall short of the above requirements on ground of viability shall only be acceptable where they are accompanied by a full economic appraisal of the development costs and anticipated values.

For more information please see the Local Plan