Enforcement of design standards through s76 Agreement

Failure to meet HAG or Intermediate Rent design standards would result in housing being unsuitable for use as social rented housing or SIR and therefore unable to meet affordable housing requirements. To provide certainty in relation to these tenures, the Council will therefore include relevant clauses within the s76 Agreement, particularly for outline planning permissions, requiring such housing to be built to the relevant design standards. Compliance with this will be confirmed by NIHE/DfC as part of the process of releasing funding.