The Effectiveness of Housing Land Audits in Monitoring Housing Land Supply in Scotland

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APPENDIX 9 - APPROACH TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING TYPE

The following table shows whether or not HLAs define affordable housing and, if so, the definitions used. It also indicates those HLAs that distinguish between flats and houses.

STRUCTURE PLANNING AREA

LOCAL AUTHORITY

IDENTIFICATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

HOUSING TYPE - DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN HOUSES AND FLATS

North East Scotland Together

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire

Local Authority Rented

Registered Social Landlord (e.g. Housing Association) RSL Low Cost Home Ownership Mix of RSL rented and LCHO Other (other low cost home ownership e.g. privately developed with GRO grant etc).

Flats and houses separately defined

Dundee & Angus

Angus
Dundee City

Private and public sector

No

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

No

No

Stirling & Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire

No

No

Stirling

Housing Association

Flats and houses separately defined

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway

Tenure of new builds completions by location identified in the housing audits and the "developer field" identifies the applicant i.e. private or housing association

No

Ayrshire

East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

Private rented, public sector, housing association.

No

Glasgow & Clyde Valley

East Dunbartonshire,
West Dunbartonshire,
East Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
Glasgow City
Inverclyde

All sites identified by tenure, so social rented sector listed separately; also shared equity or 'Homestake' identified within the private sector.

Currently only ED & ER have approved Local Plan policies and SL& NL have emerging Local Plan policies for affordable quotas within private sector developments.

No

Edinburgh & the Lothians

East Lothian
Edinburgh City
West Lothian
Midlothian

Affordable units

Flats and houses separately defined

Falkirk

Falkirk

Housing type is defined in database but not shown in published HLA affordable flats, affordable houses, mainstream flats, mainstream houses, mixed/sheltered. Housing Associations are listed as a separate category under development type (also landowner, private developer, local authority)

No

Fife

Fife

Private rented, mixed tenure

No

Highland

Highland

No

No

Moray

Moray

Local authority and housing association

No

Perth and Kinross

Perth & Kinross

Housing Association; Local Authority; mixture of private & Housing Association

No

Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders

No

No

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