Site-specific viability assessment requirements

Where viability is considered to be an issue for a particular development, it will be up to the applicant to demonstrate why particular circumstances justify the need for a site-specific viability assessment at the application stage. This should focus on identifying why the particular subject site is not adequately reflected in any of the above typologies and why this means the overall viability of the scheme cannot be assumed from the strategic modelling that has been completed. This may also require reference to specific testing assumptions (see Section 4) used in a particular case.