Policy information sourced from Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Plan

H2 Affordable Housing

Support the development and retention of affordable homes as part of a stable and resilient community, by:

  1. requiring all proposals for one or more additional homes to maximise the inclusion of affordable housing, as required by Camden Local Plan Policy H4, and, where such affordable housing is not located on the same site as the market housing in compliance with Camden’s policies, that such affordable housing is located within the Neighbourhood Area if appropriate sites are available;
  2. where redevelopment of mixed tenure Council-owned estates or housing association-owned housing is proposed, ensuring that:
    • the quantum (in units, bedrooms or floorspace, in accordance with Camden’s policies) of social rented housing is at least as high as that on the development site at the time the redevelopment is proposed unless, in the case of strategic local or short term relocation of affordable housing, a strategy is in place for its eventual replacement; and
    • the tenure of such affordable housing is in accordance with Camden’s policies, with social rented housing and intermediate housing suitable for local key workers being given priority;
  3. where appropriate (and where it is not at the expense of quality or space standards) encouraging innovative and creative ways of providing residential accommodation to those unable to afford renting or owning housing at market prices. These may include licensed HMOs, small homes, self-build housing, co-housing and accommodation built using a range of community-focused housing models; and
  4. ensuring that affordable homes are well integrated with and are visually indistinguishable externally from the market housing in the development.

For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan