Housing - How Khan faced down boroughs in the hunt for more affordable homes

Simon Ricketts, planning partner at law firm Town Legal, said: 'It's becoming very plain that he's prepared to intervene to assist developers where they are providing a high proportion of affordable housing but are being knocked back by the boroughs.'According to the GLA, this ap...

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Published in:Planning (London, England) England), 2017-11, p.11-11
Main Author: Wilding, Mark
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordable housing
Economic aspects
Housing
Housing developments
Khan, Sadiq
Mayors
Planning
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Summary:Simon Ricketts, planning partner at law firm Town Legal, said: 'It's becoming very plain that he's prepared to intervene to assist developers where they are providing a high proportion of affordable housing but are being knocked back by the boroughs.'According to the GLA, this approach seems to be working: the four developments Khan has called in since taking office have provided an average of 37 per cent affordable housing.Roy Pinnock, planning partner at Dentons, said it will be interesting to see whether Khan chooses to cement the approach taken in Wandsworth, where the scheme's impact on the townscape was seen to be less important than its capacity to provide affordable housing. 'Because mayoral call-in decisions will remain rare, the issue is going to be much more about how the London Plan grapples with densification debates,' he said.
ISSN:1467-2073