A developer of a housing scheme in Oldham won’t have to
make a £283,000 contribution towards affordable housing after a planning
inspector allowed an appeal because it was no longer economically viable to
make the contribution. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council granted planning
permission to developer Tamewater Developments Limited in 2008 for a 46-home
scheme. Under the permission, Tamewater was obliged to make four instalments of
payments to the council in lieu of the provision of affordable housing. The
developer had already made the first payment of £100,000 but applied to have
the remaining contributions removed under provisions introduced by the Growth
and Infrastructure Act 2013. These provisions allow for applications to be made
to vary affordable housing requirements contained in a planning obligation if
those requirements make the scheme unviable. Read more on 24dash.
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