Affordable housing in area B
8.4 Affordable housing in area B
This clause applies to development on land in area B involving—
the erection of a new building with a gross floor area of more than 200 square metres, or
alterations to an existing building that will result in the creation of more than 200 square metres of gross floor area intended to be used for residential purposes, or
alterations to an existing building and the consequent creation, whether for the same or a different purpose, of more than 100 square metres of gross floor area.
The consent authority must not grant development consent to development to which this clause applies unless satisfied that—
at least 5% of the gross floor area of the building used for the purposes of residential accommodation will be used for the purposes of affordable housing, and
each dwelling used for the purposes of affordable housing will have a gross floor area of at least 50 square metres.
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