The total number of dwellings in developments that were granted planning permission by the council between 5 July 2024 and 4 January 2025
Received: 18 March 2025
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following.Please can you tell me:1. The total number of dwellings in developments that were granted planning permission by the council between 5 July 2024 and 4 January 2025 - and how many of these dwellings are currently designated as being for social rent*? (For the avoidance of doubt, please count individual units within multi-home developments as separate dwellings - e.g. count a block of 20 flats as 20 dwellings, etc.)* To be clear, we are asking for data specifically on dwellings that will be let at social rent, and do not want statistics on umbrella categories such as "affordable". This is the case for every question in this FOI request that asks about social rent dwellings.1a. If possible, please provide a breakdown of this data for each month, detailing the total number of dwellings given planning permission and how many of these are for social rent.1b. If possible, of the dwellings currently designated as being for social rent, please provide a breakdown of how many are one-bed, two-bed, three-bed, have more than three bedrooms or have an unspecified number of bedrooms.2. What is your policy on the proportion of units in each new development in your area that should be for social rent, and has this changed since 5 July 2024?If it is not possible to provide the information requested, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.Please provide the data in a machine-readable format such as .CSV or XLS.If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request.Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.Internal review response dated 22.05.2025You can view the Planning applications and S106 Agreements online (where these have been finalised), which lists the type of housing required and the element that is to be affordable housingUnder the Barnet Local Plan 2021-2036 | Barnet Council the definition of Affordable Housing is as follows: defined by the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 as: housing for sale or rent, for those whose needs are not met by the market. Within London there is a move away from Affordable Rent as a product.f you search the following Planning reference numbers on the Public Register you will find the relevant S106 agreements under the 'documents' tab. This sets out detailed schedules of how much Affordable Housing is to be provided. You will need to check whether the S106 meets your definition of housing for social rent. 22/3383/FUL - see S106 for Affordable housing Schedule 3 (was provided offsite so no Social rent homes under this scheme)23/1802/FUL - see S106 for Affordable Housing breakdown Appendix 2 23/2868/FUL - see S106 for Affordable Housing Schedule and Student Accommodation23/4117/FUL - see S106 for Affordable Housing Schedule 424/1746/S73 - see S106 for Affordable Housing provision Section 3.624/3841/RMA - Technically, this scheme was granted planning permission in 2020, the reserved matters were approved in the period requested but did not change the affordable housing provision. See S106 Affordable Housing Schedule B Plots G, J, L
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