I have had a look on the Planning Application portal for the Affordable Housing Pro Forma and no luck. I then had a look to see if there was any mention of it in the Design & Access Statement and have been surprised as to what it has turned up, it states:-
' On-site provision of Affordable Housing is incompatible with the market type and context of the apartments being provided. The application is for the re-development of a brown field site with a significant acquisition cost, requires a high standard of design/materials, is difficult/expensive to develop and has scale/massing and servicing constraints. These influences impact upon the propensity to provide affordable housing. Any liability to make a commuted sum payment is affected by the above when modelled against expected returns. Provisional data and dialogue indicated limited potential for commuted sum payment and a confidential affordable housing Pro Forma is submitted with the planning application with a supporting (independent) costing evaluation'.
Hugo, it looks as if you won't get your answer as the AH Pro Forma is CONFIDENTIAL for some reason and from what else has been stated it is highly unlikely any affordable housing commuted sum will be payable.
It is mentioned again in another area of the application and states:- 'A confidential Viability Assessment Pro Forma is submitted with the application. The results indicate that the scheme is unlikely to fall eligible for AH payment. Focus has been upon securing the redevelopment of a problematic brownfield site in a sensitive area.'
Meleri, as some time has passed since your posting, I decided to apply to CCBC under the FOI Act to see what if any offer of payment was made by the developer in lieu of not building affordable housing on the two sites and below is my request followed by the reply from CCBC:-
The Reserve Llanrwst Road Glan Conwy
Planning numbers 0/43872, 0/41914, 0/36510
ALSO
The former Pier Pavillion Llandudno
Planning numbers 0/46393, 0/46392, 0/46208, 0/46206
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would appreciate it if you could advise me in the above two cases how much money was requested from or offered by these two developments in lieu of not building affordable housing on these two sites.
The Reserve has been completed so that information will be available, the former Pier Pavillion site is ongoing but the amount requested or offered will also be on record
Yours faithfully
The reply I received today is:-
Dear Sir
Please find below information in response to your Freedom of Information request.
We can confirm neither of the developments detailed in your FOI accommodated on-site affordable housing
nor a financial contribution. This was the result of a viability assessment as agreed by the Planning Committee.
I don't know what you think of this but in my humble opinion it stinks. The CCBC should be investigated by the Welsh Assembly, if not for the Pavilion site then for the Reserve site