Policy information sourced from the Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy
DM 15 Affordable Housing
The delivery of affordable housing is a key priority and the Council will seek to maximise its provision. To achieve this the Council will work with partners to:
- seek to deliver at least 2,000 new affordable housing units over the period 2012/13 to 2026/27
- explore all opportunities to deliver new affordable units as part of new residential developments and encourage applications for 100% affordable schemes
- expect developments of 5 or more units, or sites capable of delivering 5 or more units, to provide the maximum reasonable amount of affordable housing, subject to viability considerations
- On sites of 10 or more units require 50% of the units to be provided as affordable housing
- On sites of 5-10 units require the following:
- 5 units (1 Affordable unit)
- 6 units (1 Affordable unit)
- 7 units (2 Affordable units)
- 8 units (3 Affordable units)
- 9 units (4 Affordable units)
- 10 units (5 Affordable units)
- Proposals departing from these requirements will be expected to justify any lower provision through the submission of a financial appraisal
- within the affordable housing element of new developments seek to achieve a 70:30 tenure split between Social/Affordable Rent and Intermediate provision
- expect the provision of affordable housing to be on-site. In the exceptional circumstances when it can be justified that this would not be viable or practical, and provision cannot be made on an alternative site, then the Council may accept a contribution or commuted sum towards either delivery on an alternative site or other affordable housing initiatives.
For more information please see the Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy