Housing, tenure and the new builders Richard Harwood QC

Starter Homes Moving from proposed statutory requirement to policy expectation Discount tapered for 15 years Promoting starter homes on vacant employment land and Green Belt

Starter Homes in practice Merryfield Park, Sopley in New Forest District Council August 2016 obligation, based on consultation proposals Newbury Building Society offering mortgages

Build to Rent Affordable housing and tenure The issue of shared equity White Paper proposing changes to encourage private affordable rent in such schemes

Smaller sites and smaller developers Improving delivery rates and reducing risk requires smaller sites and developers Local and neighbourhood plan allocations Reduce costs of preparing planning applications

Local Plan preparation Local Plans Expert Group report lpeg.org White Paper – simplify Objectively Assessed Need calculation Joint planning Delivery testing Ability to fix housing land supply figure

Environment matters Local Plan housing requirements to make decisions on what can be provided Striking an environmental balance New Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations The future of the Habitats regime

Local authorities as developers Use of companies for non-Housing Authority developments Private build to rent Right to buy for affordable housing tenants only

Local authorities and planning permission Local planning authorities may obtain planning permission on their land If permission is for development by that authority (with or without a partner), it does not run with the land in two tier authorities White Paper proposes change Value, but LPAs can already obtain a planning permission which is not for their own development and transfer land with that consent

Planning obligations on local authority land Issue whether a local authority can enter into a planning obligation as landowner which is enforceable by itself as local planning authority Doubts whether this can be done Less transparent work-arounds in sale contracts Solution: amend s106 giving specific power to enter into such obligations

Housing, tenure and the new builders Richard Harwood QC