It is welcomed that the affordable housing requirement set out in Policy H2 includes provision for different level of affordable housing or tenure split where there are demonstrable viability considerations. The Council will be aware that whether a development is viable or not can change over time due to a multitude of factors. Therefore, whilst paragraph 5.3.9 of the supporting text cites the recent evidence, "Local Plan Viability Assessment, 2017" as justification, the Council should amend the text to recognise that this evidence is a snapshot in time.

In addition, it is recommended that the Council simply make reference to the latest assessment of affordable housing need rather than specifying the tenure split in the policy.