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Density
3.7 London Plan Policy 3.4 and Core Strategy Policy H3 seek to ensure that
development proposals achieve the optimum intensity of use compatible with local
context, design principles and with public transport capacity, with consideration for the
density ranges set out in Table 3.2 of The London Plan. This is supported by Policy DM
A2 of the DM LP 2013.
3.8 The application site is located in Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) 3
using Transport for London's methodology, indicating that it has good accessibility to
public transport. According to The London Plan density matrix, the site is considered to
be set in an urban area with predominantly dense development such as, for example,
terraced houses, mansion blocks, a mix of different uses, medium building footprints
and typically buildings of two to four storeys, located within 800 metres walking distance
of a district centre or, along main arterial routes. This would support a density of
between 200 and 450 habitable rooms per hectare (Hrh).
3.9 The proposed development site comprises 0.164 hectares and would have
approximately 42 habitable rooms which would result in a residential density of 260
hr/ha, which is within the density range stipulated in the London Plan.
3.10 The proposed scheme has been designed to take account of its local context and
character in terms of appropriate scale and massing, the form and character of
surrounding development and the historic grain and impact on neighbours, as well as
complying with the standards on the size of residential units. For these reasons it is
considered that the development would optimise the site's potential and that the
proposed density is considered acceptable.
Tenure
3.11 London Plan Policy 3.13 (Affordable Housing Thresholds) outlines that affordable
housing will normally be required on a site which has the capacity to provide 10 or more
homes and that negotiations should take account of development viability.
3.12 London Plan policy 3.10 (Definition of Affordable Housing) defines affordable
housing as including social rented and intermediate housing provided to specified
eligible households whose needs are not met by the market, and goes on to specify that
affordable housing should also a) meet the needs of eligible households, b) include
provisions for the unit to remain at an affordable price for future generations, and c) if
these restrictions are lifted, for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable
housing provision.
3.13 Policy 3.11 (Affordable Housing Targets) of The London Plan sets a London wide
affordable housing target of at least 13,200 more affordable homes per year. The policy
advises that 60% of new affordable housing should be provided for social rent and 40%
for intermediate rent or sale, with priority accorded to the provision of affordable family
housing. The second part of policy 3.11 relates to the establishment of borough level
affordable housing targets through LDF preparation, that should take account of a range
of considerations that include the strategic target and local circumstances.
3.14 Policy 3.12 of The London Plan states 'The maximum reasonable amount of
affordable housing should be sought when negotiating on individual private residential
and mixed use schemes, having regard to a) current and future requirements for
affordable housing at local and regional levels identified in line with Policies 3.8 and