This Development Control Policy Guidance Note relates to the Council’s planning policy in respect of affordable housing provision in association with new residential development. It provides additional and updated information on Policy H4/1 of the Bury Unitary Development Plan which deals specifically with this issue and requires developers on suitable sites to make provision for affordable housing (Appendix 1 contains details of UDP Policy H4/1).
The advice in this note is aimed at all persons and bodies who provide and control new residential developments, including conversions. It will be used by the local planning authority in negotiating and determining planning applications,and should be used by developers in formulating residential planning applications.
Please also see the First Homes Policy Note below.
First Homes
The government has introduced new planning policy requirements for First Homes - a specific kind of affordable housing for discounted market sale to first time buyers.
The government policy will be a material consideration in determining planning applications. In order to set out how the policy will apply in Bury and the local eligibility criteria to be applied, a First Homes Policy Position Statement has been prepared and is available to download below, in addition to the existing SPG 5 - Affordable housing provision in new residential developments. It has been adopted by the Council as a material planning consideration so that the Council's position on the application of local eligibility criteria is clear and to provide guidance to applicants until a full review of the affordable housing policy is undertaken through the Bury Local Plan.
- First Homes Policy Statement[418KB]pdf file