Draft Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document
Dacorum Borough Council is consulting on the Draft Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) until midnight on Monday 6 January 2025.
This SPD is intended to supplement the Council's current planning policies on affordable housing in the Core Strategy (September 2013) and will also replace existing supplementary guidance on affordable housing in the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (September 2013).
It is separate to the current Regulation 19 consultation taking place on the Dacorum Local Plan to 2041, which can be viewed here.
Why are we doing this?
The Draft Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) takes account of changed Government guidance on affordable housing and provides additional guidance on certain matters to clarify the operation of our current policies. In addition, the Council wishes to ensure that rented affordable is genuinely affordable for households in need of such housing.
This is an ‘Interim’ SPD because it relies on the policies of the adopted Core Strategy 2013. It will be reviewed again on adoption of the new Dacorum Local Plan to 2041.
Once finalised this SPD will be a material planning consideration which the Council will take into account when deciding planning applications for housing development.
How do I have my say?
To participate in the consultation, please complete the questions in the survey below and then press submit. Comments must be submitted by 12am (midnight) 6 January 2025.
Visit the document library for:
- The Draft Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document
- A copy of our comments form in case you would prefer to respond in writing
Alternatively, if it is not possible to complete the survey, please visit the Council's website www.dacorum.gov.uk/supplementary-planning-documents to see the other ways you can respond, using the downloadable comments form.
Your comments will be available for public inspection with your full name and therefore cannot be treated as confidential. Your full name and address must be completed for your comments to be considered; however, your address (and any other personal details) will not be made publicly viewable.
For further information on how the Council processes your personal data, please visit our privacy policy.
What happens next?
Following this consultation, we will consider all the responses received and prepare and publish a consultation report.
The consultation report will help us reach a decision about whether we need to make any changes to the document. We will also consider any changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, which are due to be published soon.
