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Build to Rent definition

What does Build to Rent mean? Build to Rent (BTR) describes purpose-built residential schemes held in single ownership and operated for long-term private renting in the private rented sector, with professional management and resident amenities. It is distinct from buy-to-let sales of individual units. In England, BTR is recognised in national planning policy (the National Planning Policy Framework and Planning Practice Guidance) as a distinct product, with policy expectations around single ownership, long-term management and an affordable housing approach often delivered through Affordable Private Rent; the London Plan also references Discounted Market Rent. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, BTR is a descriptive market and planning...

Planning viability in England: decision-taking, RICS standards, BLV (EUV+), section 106 agreements and reviews, London threshold approach, build to rent, transparency under EIR, and 2024 green belt ‘Golden Rules’

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Context
Viability in national planning policy and guidance
Local planning policy and guidance
RICS 2021 Guidance on viability
Viability assessments in practice
Decision-taking and section 106 agreements
London
build to rent
Transparency, viability and freedom of information
Viability evidence and risk of third party challenges
Glossary

Context

The planning framework in England and Wales is driven by plans. Every local planning authority (LPA) is required to produce and keep up to date a development plan that identifies planning policies and land use priorities for its area. These plans indicate where development may come forward, and the nature, scale and form that will be allowed in specified places. They also typically include policies for securing planning obligations made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), often called section 106 agreements or planning obligations. Such obligations offset the effects of proposals on nearby communities and render schemes acceptable in planning terms. Policies in development plans can place duties on developers or landowners to make in-kind or monetary contributions towards local infrastructure (for example, roads) or local services (for example, schools), and to deliver a...

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