Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many viability assessments in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017, have led to affordable housing requirements attached to planning conditions being reduced on appeal.

The Planning Inspectorate do not record information on the frequency of viability assessments used as evidence in planning appeals.

The Government's 'Planning for the right homes in the right places' consultation closed on 9 November, this included proposals to improve certainty and transparency in the assessment of viability, including the impact upon delivery of affordable housing. The government is considering the views expressed in the consultation to inform revisions to planning policy and guidance.