Policy information sourced from the Haringey Development Management Plan

DM13: Affordable Housing

  • The Council will seek the maximum reasonable amount of affordable housing provision when negotiating on individual private residential and mixed-use schemes with site capacity to accommodate more than 10 dwellings, having regard to:
    • Policy SP2 and the achievement of the Borough-wide target of 40% affordable housing provision;
    • The need for 60% provision to be social/ affordable rent and 40% intermediate housing;
    • The preferred affordable housing size mix as set out in the Council’s Housing Strategy;
    • The individual circumstances of the site;
    • The availability of public subsidy;
    • Development viability; and
    • Other planning benefits that may be achieved.
  • The affordable housing requirement will apply to:
    • Sites that are artificially sub-divided or redeveloped in phases. This will be assessed based on the following:
      • Whether the sites/land parcels are in the same ownership;
      • The occupied status of sites/land parcels at the grant of planning permission for the first application and at the commencement of the development;
      • Land agent/infrastructure provider intelligence as to development interest; and
      • The time lapsed between completion of the first development before planning permission is sought for the next phase.
    • Additional residential units proposed above that provided by unimplemented permitted development;
    • Unsecured student accommodation (see Policy DM15);
    • All forms of Use Class C3 housing; and
    • The total (gross) residential units to be delivered on the site.
  • The Council may seek to alter the tenure and/or mix of affordable provision to be secured on a case-by-case basis to avoid affordable housing of a certain tenure or size being over or under represented in an area, or to assist in improving development viability (e.g. through provision of a greater ratio of intermediate housing).
  • In negotiating the level of affordable housing provision viability assessments must be based on a standard residual valuation approach, with the benchmark existing use land value taken as the existing/alternative use value.
  • To maximise affordable housing output on schemes with a long build out period and/or at times of economic uncertainty, the Council will require the use of ‘cascade agreements’ and ‘contingent obligations’ as defined by the London Plan and set out in the Planning Obligations SPD.
  • On-site provision of affordable housing will be required. Only in the following exceptional circumstances may an off-site provision be acceptable - where a development can:
    • Secure a higher level of affordable housing on an alternative site.
    • Secure a more inclusive and mixed community in accordance with Policy DM11.
    • Better address priority housing needs.

For more information please see the Haringey Development Management Plan