Two Berkshire councils have won a landmark High Court
challenge over government policy brought in last November which set a threshold
on the size of developments beneath which planning authorities should not seek
affordable housing contributions through section 106 agreements. That has now
been quashed as has the vacant building credit policy. Under those provisions
affordable housing requirements were reduced according to the extent to which a
housing proposal involved the re-use or redevelopment of vacant buildings. As a
result of the ruling by Mr Justice Holgate some 12 paragraphs have been removed
from the National Planning Policy Guidance. Read more on the Planning Portal
website.
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