London Borough Of Richmond Upon Thames

Public Notice inviting comments on: Draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) The Town and Country Planning
(Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) Public consultation: Friday 17 June 2022 until 1 August 2022 The Council is asking for views on the following consultation.
Draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The draft Affordable Housing SPD provides further detailed guidance to support the adopted Local Plan policies with regard to affordable housing and how the Council will assess viability within the planning process. This update to the existing SPD (2014) is to reflect new or updated requirements in the Local Plan and also guidance published by National Government, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Availability of SPD consultation documents
You can view the draft SPD on the Council's website at

supplementary_planning_documents
There are reference copies to view at the Civic Centre and all of the borough's libraries. Details for the libraries are at:

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Let us know your views by 1 August 2022
We would welcome your views. You can respond in the following ways:
* By email to

or

* By post to Spatial Planning and Design, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ.

Please note that your response will not be treated as confidential and any anonymous responses will not be accepted.
There may be a developer roundtable to enable discussions during the consultation period if there is sufficient interest, if you would like to attend if this goes ahead, or for any other direct queries, please contact:

What happens next

A summary of responses to the consultation will be made available following the consultation period. These responses will be fully considered and if appropriate, changes will be made to the final version of the SPD prior to its adoption by the Council.

If you have any queries please email

or phone 020 8891 1411.