Islington Council is consulting on new rules to make it
harder for developers to game the planning system and avoid building affordable
homes. Viability assessments are used to work out how much affordable housing
developers can afford to build as part of new developments. However, since
government changes in 2012 it has become standard practice for developers to
use the assessments to argue that they cannot afford to meet local affordable
housing, infrastructure and environmental requirements. In comprehensive
guidance - one of the first of its kind in the UK - published by Islington
Council, a number of measures are set out which will help to re-balance the
process and protect the public interest when assessing viability. Read more on
the Islington Council website.
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