Scheme and tenure assumptions
Consider the proposed mix, phasing and tenure assumptions against the site context and the intended delivery route. These remain subject to planning policy and partner confirmation.
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Test the affordable housing route before the project depends on it
An affordable-led scheme can create a route forward where a conventional market approach is difficult. Its deliverability still depends on evidence, costs, funding, tenure, partners and programme lining up.
Manorwest helps landowners, developers and project teams examine those commercial dependencies early. The purpose is to clarify the decision, expose assumptions and identify what needs to be confirmed by the relevant planning, technical, registered provider, legal and funding specialists.
What the review can help test
Viability and site costs
Bring abnormal costs, remediation, access, drainage, utilities, infrastructure, obligations and contingency into one commercial picture. Identify which inputs are evidenced and which remain provisional.
Funding and partner dependencies
Map the intended funding route, potential registered provider or delivery partner, required approvals and the evidence each party may need before commitment.
Questions to resolve before a route is relied on
- Is the land and planning context understood well enough to define a credible scheme?
- Have ground conditions, ecology, drainage, utilities and access been investigated to a proportionate level?
- Are the affordable tenure, values or rents and delivery assumptions supported by the intended partner?
- Are grant, loan, subsidy or other funding assumptions confirmed, or clearly identified as unconfirmed?
- Do the cost plan, infrastructure sequence, phasing and programme allow the proposed route to work in practice?
- Who owns each outstanding decision, what evidence is needed, and when must it be secured?
These are prompts for a proportionate review, not a substitute for a formal viability assessment, planning advice, technical design, funding decision or registered provider offer.
How Manorwest can support the next decision
We agree a defined question and review boundary, examine the information available, and set out the commercial assumptions, dependencies, evidence gaps and next actions. Where specialist work is needed, we identify the issue for discussion with the appropriately qualified adviser.
For a broader review of a site's value, viability, abnormal costs and delivery options, see our development appraisal service. For sites with known ground or remediation questions, see the brownfield site review.
Have an affordable housing route to test?
Send the site location, the intended decision, the current scheme or tenure assumptions and any known cost or partner information. Manorwest will confirm whether a scoped commercial review is suitable.
Contact Manorwest — info@manorwest.co.uk