Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
P1 Social Rented and Intermediate Housing
Percentage
- Development that creates 10 or more homes must provide the maximum viable amount of social rented and intermediate homes. The minimum amount should be 35%, as set out in Table 1, subject to viability. Except in the Aylesbury Action Area Core, as set out in Table 2. Intermediate tenure homes should be suitable for households on a range of incomes. This may require a mix of shared ownership and other intermediate tenure homes.
- Development that creates 9 homes or fewer (inclusive) must provide the maximum amount of social rented and intermediate homes or a financial contribution towards the delivery of new council social rented and intermediate homes with a minimum of 35% subject to viability as set out in Table 1.
Viability
- Viability appraisals and reviews are required for all developments. These must be published for public scrutiny.
- In exceptional circumstances development can follow the fast track route.
- Either:
- Where development provides 40% social rented and intermediate housing, with a policy compliant tenure mix, (a minimum of 25% social rented and a minimum of 10% intermediate housing) as set out in Table 1 with no grant subsidy. Where developments follow the fast track route they will not be subject to a viability appraisal. A viability appraisal will be necessary if amendments are proposed to lower the affordable housing provision to less than 40% following the grant of planning permission; or
- In Aylesbury Area Action Core, where development provides 60% social rented and intermediate housing with a policy compliant tenure mix as set out in Table 2, with no grant subsidy. Where developments follow the fast track route they will not be subject to a viability appraisal. A viability review will be necessary if amendments are proposed to lower the social rented and intermediate housing provision to less than 60% following the grant of planning permission.
- Where development cannot provide social rented and intermediate housing on site, any off site social rented and intermediate housing requirement will be measured as the total housing provision from the main development site plus any linked sites. This should provide no financial benefit to the applicant.
- Where social and intermediate housing cannot be provided on site or off site a cash payment towards the delivery of new council homes will be required. The value of any contributions will be based on the cost of meeting an on site social and intermediate housing requirement and should provide no financial benefit to the applicant.
- The subdivision of sites or phasing of development which has the effect of circumventing social and intermediate housing policy requirements will not be permitted.
- Housing requirements will be calculated in habitable rooms.
- Use of the ‘Vacant Building Credit’ will not be accepted.
| Market Housing | Up to 65% |
|---|---|
| Social rented and Intermediate Housing | A minimum of 35% |
| Social Rented Housing | A minimum of 25%* |
| Intermediate Housing | A minimum of 10%* |
*Applicants must meet the minimum requirement. If social rented and intermediate housing provision marginally falls below the minimum, we will not accept rounding up. This may increase the overall quantum which should be in favour of social rented housing.
| Market housing | Social rented and intermediate housing requirement (75% social rented, 25% intermediate housing) | |
|---|---|---|
| Area Action Core | 50% | 50% |
| Proposal Site AAAP1 (Phase 1) | 41% | 59% |
| Proposal Sites AAAP2 and AAAP3 (Phases 2 and 3) | 50% | 50% |
| Proposal Site AAAP4 (Phase 4) | 58% | 42% |
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022