In response to Q13

CPRE acknowledges the Council’s preference (as set out in paragraph 6.3.13) for affordable housing to be provided on-site in the first instance and that if this cannot be delivered, provision being made off-site and then via developer contribution.

However, the Council will be aware that the development industry is already not building the houses it has planning permission to build. In Kent alone, there are some 86,262 houses either with planning permission or identified within five-year supply statements ready to be built, yet currently the industry is only delivering 8,624 new houses a year. Of these, only 13.1% are affordable houses under the current definition, reducing to 8.6% which are genuinely affordable houses managed by Registered Providers.

How will the Council ensure that affordable homes get built, without delivery delays (to market housing)?