Developer Contributions and Affordable Housing Supplementary Guidance

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Glossary

BCIS All­in Tender Price Index

An index of the variation in the price of building and construction.


Commercial Development

Development consisting of Use Classes 4, 5 & 6 which directly relate to employment uses.


Commuted Sum

A sum of money determined by the Valuation Office as being payable in lieu of the provision of a Serviced Plot for the relevant type of Affordable Housing.


Delivery Package

The agreement between the developer and Angus Council of the Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing Land or Commuted Sum to be delivered.


Developer

Person or company developing the land either by change of use or erection of building/s.


Developer Contributions

Financial or in-kind mitigation towards infrastructure needed to make development acceptable in land use planning terms.


Development

Defined and qualified by the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as the carrying out of building, engineering, mining, or other operations in, on, over, under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any building or other land.


Development Viability

A site is viable if the value generated by its development exceeds the costs of developing it and also provides sufficient incentive for the land to come forward and the development to be undertaken.


Discounted Value

Units available to a Priority Client Group household who can purchase a unit at a discounted price from the Owner. The discounted price should not exceed a sum affordable by those on a Modest Income.


Extension

Additional space created to an existing facility to provide additional capacity.


Gross Floor Area (GFA)

The floor area based on the overall dimensions of the building (s); including the thickness of external walls, the floor area of roof structures such as lift or tank rooms, and covered parking, servicing, and other ancillary, but excluding floor area completely or mainly below ground level.


Holiday Accommodation

Also refer to Tourist accommodation: includes hotels, guest houses, new build bed and breakfast accommodation, caravan and camping sites, wigwams, yurts, huts, bunkhouses and self-catering cottages, chalets, and cabins.


Indexation

A technique to adjust income payments by means of a price index, in order to maintain the purchasing power of the public after inflation.


In Kind Contribution

Delivery of required infrastructure or services by the developer (can be either on site or off site), thus negating the requirement for a financial contribution to the Council towards such provision.


Interests on Revenue Balances (IROB)

An amount earned by Angus Council on its interest-bearing bank account.


Mid­Market Rented

Units let on Short Assured Tenancies or Private Residential Tenancies at a discounted rent. The rent payable must not exceed the relevant Local Housing Allowance level at the time of the first let. Thereafter, rents may increase annually provided they do not exceed the median point of the relevant private sector market rent level.


Modest Income

The sum which represents a fair gross income level for a single or a joint income household within Angus as determined by Angus Council.


New Build Provision

Creation of any new facility required, by means of providing additional structures


Off­site provision

The provision of a contribution on another site within the ownership of a developer.


On­site provision

The provision of a contribution on the site proposed for development.


Priority Client Group

Households, including single people, with i) a demonstrable housing need ordinarily resident or having their principal place of work within the Housing Market Area(s) and earning a gross household Modest Income; or ii) households with a demonstrative housing need but not otherwise falling within category i) above.


Pupil Product Ratio

Average level of pupils per household created within each new dwellinghouse.


Reconfiguration

Internal re-arrangement of space to create additional capacity without the need for an extension.


Rezoning

An exercise undertaken to re-map existing education catchments. This may be beneficial in ensuring education provision is re distributed without the need for physical intervention.


Serviced Plots

Plots of ground that are ready for development and which have within or adjacent to their respective boundaries, all necessary service pipes, cables, wires etc, normally required for a dwelling house (including gas, electricity, water, foul and surface water drainage, and telephone).


Shared Equity

Units available to a Priority Client Group household who can own between 51% and 80% of that unit. The price of a 51% equity share of the unit should not exceed a sum affordable by those on a Modest Income. The Owner shall retain a share in ownership of that unit of between 20% and 49%. The household pays no rent to the Owner in respect of the share retained by the Owner.


Sheltered/Supported Housing

Accommodation which serves the needs of an older demographic or for those with support needs.


Social Housing Provider (SHP)

A social landlord listed on the Register of Social Landlords (RSL’s) or other body having similar objects (including the Authority acting in the capacity of housing authority) as approved in writing by Angus Council.


Social Rented

Units provided at an affordable rent which is owned, managed, leased, or otherwise provided by a Social Housing Provider.


Student Accommodation

Accommodation of a temporary nature utilised during education establishments term times only to serve the needs of students.


Sui Generis Use

Sui generis is a term which refers to a use in a class of its own. Any use not falling within a specific class defined in the The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 falls within this category.


Transfer of Land

Land transferred to a Social Housing Provider (SHP) at a value relating to its end use for affordable housing, the value being subject to agreement between the developer and the SHP.


Transport Infrastructure Improvements

Necessary Transport Infrastructure required to support development by means of improvements to existing or new road network.


Use Class 4 ­ Business

Defined in the The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 as a Use:

  1. as an office, other than a use within class 2 (financial, professional and other services);
  2. for research and development of products or processes; or
  3. for any industrial process

Use Class 5 ­ General Industrial

Defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 as a Use for the carrying on of an industrial process other than one falling within class 4 (business).

Use Class 6 ­ Storage or Distribution

Defined in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 as a Use for storage or as a distribution

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