Decision - Provision of Viability Consultancy Advice to the Planning Service

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Provision of Viability Consultancy Advice to the Planning Service

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Decision Maker: Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Review and options appraisal for the provision of specialist viability advice on major planning applications where the applicant is not proposing to provide the required policy level of affordable housing

Decision:

RESOLVED that the Committee:

1. Authorised the Head of Planning to establish a framework of suitably experienced and qualified viability consultants for the council to utilise to undertake independent viability assessment reviews of evidence submitted by planning applicants.

2. Agreed that the viability reviews undertaken by the consultants utilise a standard model and set parameters (for profit levels, contingencies, professional fees etc) as agreed and reviewed by the Planning Committee Cross Party Members’ Working Group and to request a review to come to this Committee two year after this comes into effect to assess the impact on the percentage of affordable housing being built.

Report author: Simon Barrett

Publication date: 17/01/2020

Date of decision: 16/01/2020

Decided at meeting: 16/01/2020 - Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee

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