Planning Gain and Affordable Housing Making It Count

National planning policy guidance makes communities' needs for new affordable housing a material consideration to be taken into account in the formulation and implementation of planning policies. The planning system, PPG3, places affordable housing and social inclusion clearly at the centre of the development of planning policies. This reinforces a shift in the financial burden of providing affordable homes and brings about strong spatial implications, linking affordable housing to market provision.;This report considers how much and what type of affordable housing is being produced through the planning system at national and regional level. It highlights the main constraints of PPG3 and what factors help make it effective, exploring the role of RSLs in this process with particular emphasis on partnership, finance timing and outcomes. The report also offers an examination of the operation of the rural exception policy and investigates the process at the local level, particularly in the context of its impact on rents and house prices within local housing market areas.;This publication provides a basis for predicting the likely outcome of the policy in a variety of different economic, financial and operational contexts. Furthermore, it assess how the policy and implementation might be improved in order to generate more social housing within economically and socially sustainable developments.