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The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note that on 25 August 2022 Council approved an extension of the Affordable Housing waiver until 31 December 2025;and

(ii)            to agree to further extend the Affordable Housing waiver until 31 December 2027.

With reference to article 2 of the minute of Council of 25 August 2022, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which sought to extend the Council’s Affordable Housing requirement waiver, which was due to expire in December 2025.  The waiver currently applied to new planning applications for eligible residential developments that were submitted in the City Centre area.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note that on 25 August 2022, Council approved an extension of the Affordable Housing waiver until 31 December 2025; and

(b)          agree to further extend the Affordable Housing waiver until the adoption of the next Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to approve recommendation (a) ;and

(ii)            to agree to further extend the Affordable Housing waiver until 31 December 2027.

-       Councillor Ciaran McRae, Convener