Development and management

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This subtopic sets out the main issues to be reconciled both prior to development of Social Housing projects and in the management phase.

Background

There are a number of different mechanisms for achieving social housing. This subtopic covers issues to be resolved between private developers, local authorities and registered social providers to achieve their individual objectives in developments that are exclusively or partially providing social housing alongside commercial usage.

This can be challenging and may involve quite detailed negotiation, eg a private developer may not be able to implement a planning permission or, allow occupation of private housing before transferring a portion of a site to a registered provider for social housing purposes. Once concluded, the agreement is usually documented in a planning agreement made with the local authority. For further guidance, see Practice Notes: Affordable Housing, The statutory test for section 106 agreements and interaction with Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Planning obligations—key points.

Structuring mixed use schemes

In any mixed use development,

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