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Affordable housing
SIR: For the past few weeks I have noticed many reports in your paper of developers gaining planning permission either by application or appeals.
But in these developments I see no mention of affordable housing. It seems to me that developers may be taking advantage of any loopholes in the planning application process.
It was mentioned, in a previous letter, that there is to be a building scheme in Downside Road, Teg Down, and that the developer is ‘following’ planner’s guidance to build two- and three-bedroom dwellings. However, a supposed two-bedroom house would eventually be marketed in the region of £750,000.