Decision details

The council adopted an Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document in 2008 and this was updated through an Interim Affordable Housing Policy in 2016 to ensure consistency with the emerging Local Plan approach.

A further update to the Interim Affordable Housing Policy (2020) has now been prepared to take account of the adoption of the Local Plan and the introduction of the Housing Strategy 2018-23.

This 2020 interim policy will therefore replace the 2016 interim policy. The new document seeks to ensure consistency with the Local Plan. It also provides further clarification on a range of issues including the definition of affordable housing types, addressing national policy requirements regarding affordable homes for sale, the provision of starter homes and discounted market sales housing relative to housing needs in Kirklees and the requirements of a viability appraisal.

The report seeks endorsement from Cabinet to approve the Interim Affordable Housing Policy to provide short-term certainty. This will be used to inform decision making until it is replaced by a revised Affordable Housing and Housing