Graham,
In Suffolk, the local planning authorities don't have policies which require a proportion of market housing to be of a specific type or tenure for older people, but there are some policies which are intended to achieve a similar objective.
Waveney District Council have a development management policy which requires a proportion of all new housing to be built to the Lifetime Homes standard. Similarly, St Edmundsbury Borough and Forest Heath District Councils have, in their draft Joint Development Management Policies, a requirement that development is adaptable in terms of lifetime changes and use. Finally, the draft Babergh Core Strategy requires strategic sites to make provision for the needs of identified groups of people (including older people).
I've always felt that there must surely be a growing market for non-supported housing aimed at older people, but have heard the same sort concern from developers.
I'd also be interested to hear of specific policies around tenure and type of housing.
Robert
