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Legislative changes

by | Jan 10, 2017 | News | 0 comments

The appeal by The Secretary of State vs Reading and Woking Councils reverses the decision on affordable homes meaning in principle any scheme under 10 units will be affordable free. This backs up the Governments original intention to increase the supply of new homes as quickly as possible. This clarifies the position on affordables in smaller schemes which has been in limbo for some time and means York will have to reverse its affordable policies, as will most Councils.

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