FOI001486 - Planning applications including affordable housing and alterations to existing affordable housing

Please could you provide listing data of all Affordable Housing Development Dwellings that have been agreed and by Plot Number for the current Year and previous four years. I believe the Process is that when Conveyance is completed it is the authorities responsibility to maintain data of which properties have been bought under the affordable housing scheme to ensure that any properties must have permission from the council to allow future conveyance. In addition what type of planning application must be submitted for any structural internal and external alterations to enhance the value of the premise under the scheme with sale value discount applied.

Thank you for your email where you requested information regarding Affordable Housing Development Dwellings. The information you requested is considered to fall within the scope of the Environmental Information Regulations rather the Freedom of Information and has been responded to under these regulations.

Under Regulation 6(1)(b) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 the information requested is classed as exempt as the information is already publicly available and easily accessible in another form or format by searching on our website.

By way of assistance please find the various links to the relevant pages for your convenience along with our response.

Please could you provide listing data of all Affordable Housing Development Dwellings that have been agreed and by Plot Number for the current Year and previous four years. I believe the Process is that when Conveyance is completed it is the authorities responsibility to maintain data of which properties have been bought under the affordable housing scheme to ensure that any properties must have permission from the council to allow future conveyance. In addition what type of planning application must be submitted for any structural internal and external alterations to enhance the value of the premise under the scheme with sale value discount applied.

Details of planning permissions, which contained affordable housing, can be found on our website here housing-monitoring-report-2023 (wyre.gov.uk); Page 25 onwards details the list of completions and their planning application number.

Planning applications can be found by searching the portal on our website Simple Search (wyre.gov.uk). Contained within each application you will find plans detailing plot numbers and affordable housing (where applicable) using the ‘documents’ tab.

In regards to your question about alterations, affordable homes are subject to the same process as market homes. Most developments, subject to conditions and criteria, benefit from Permitted Development rights where you can perform certain types of work without the need for obtaining planning permission. Where a development does not have permitted development rights, or the works do not meet the conditions and criteria, a planning application should be submitted. Further information on permitted development rights is available at: Permitted Development Rights - Planning Permission - Planning Portal

When the vendor of an affordable home decides to re-sale, the home is valued by a qualified RICs surveyor who undertakes a Red Book valuation to provide a formal opinion of the open market valuation of the property. The relevant affordable home discount is then applied, based on the Section 106 agreement for that property. This is to ensure it remains affordable in perpetuity.

Where relevant, alterations or improvements to the property which the homeowner made that increases the Red Book valuation of the property would be captured during the valuation process.

A Red Book valuation is the formal opinion of value, this differs from a market appraisal which is an informal opinion on a suitable guide price to market the property for sale.