Belfast·SPG002 Development Viability·Page 38·6.4.3
Section 76 Planning Agreements for Affordable Housing
Section 76 agreements may be used to secure affordable or social housing in new developments where need is established through policy or key site requirements, when a planning condition would not provide appropriate detail or security of delivery.
Development Management Practice Note 4: Section 76 Planning Agreements outlines that such agreements: "…may be used to secure a proportion of affordable housing or social housing in a new development or a mix of tenure in a housing development. This could be where a need has been established, possibly through a policy requirement or as a key site requirement of an LDP and where a condition may not give the appropriate level of detail or security of outcome to be delivered."
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