296) The requirements for a mix of housing, including affordable housing, are set out in policies HOM 4 and HOM 5 and are necessary to ensure that a variety of housing types and tenure are delivered to meet various needs in the borough.
297) Likewise, the requirements to deliver necessary infrastructure improvements and the provision of green space relate to the relevant policies and are required to ensure that the developments are delivering the necessary elements required to make the scheme suitable in planning terms at each stage of development.
298) Other individual requirements for sites are set out where they are currently known, specific to those sites. This is not intended, at this stage, to be an exhaustive list of site-specific policies. Further and more detailed site specific policies will be developed over the course of the plan as more detailed work on the sites is undertaken to understand exactly what is required to deliver these sites.
HOM 3: Protecting the future supply of housing
To support the delivery of new homes, the council will prioritise residential development on brownfield land within the borough. To achieve this:
Proposals that depart from the approach set out in this policy will need to demonstrate that it would be technically infeasible or financially not viable to deliver residential development on the site.
outside of the centres and employment areas identified on the policies map, the council will require wholly residential development, or the inclusion of a significant element of residential development, in proposals for the reuse of buildings or brownfield land;
within centres identified on the policies map, the council will require the incorporation of an element of residential development in proposals for the reuse of buildings or brownfield land; and
within employment areas identified on the policies map, where there would be no demonstrable harm to either living conditions or the operation of existing employment uses, the council will require the incorporation of an element of residential development in proposals for the reuse of buildings or brownfield land.
Explanation
299) There is a clear requirement from government to significantly boost the supply of new homes. As part of the presumption in favour of sustainable development