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  • Scheme Approval

    Topics:
    • Housing, 
    • Housing Association Guide
    Part of:
    • Development Guide

    This section sets out the procedures that Registered Housing Associations must comply with in providing social housing.

    This section of the Development Guide sets out the Department’s requirements that Registered Housing Associations must adhere to in the provision of social housing.

    Scheme Approval Contents

    • Foreword to Scheme Approval (Housing for Rent)
    • Introduction to Scheme Approval
    • Claiming Payment
    • Band 1 - Existing Satisfactory Purchases (ESPs)
    • Band 2 - off the shelf purchases (OTS)
    • Band 3 - Other schemes: New Build/ Re-improvement/ Rehabilitation/ Supported Housing/ Works Only
    • Band 4 - Advance Land Purchase (ALPs)
    • Band 5 - Social Housing Delivered as Social Housing via Planning Gain (SHPG)
    • Pilot schemes
    • Acquisition issues and valuations
    • Acquisition Stage and Phased Acquisition for Band 5
    • Compulsory Acquisition of Land/Property for Housing Association Schemes
    • Consultation - Scheme Approval
    • Home Loss & Disturbance
    • Public sector land & public subsidy
    • Revised approvals
    • Scheme Signage - DfC Branding Requirements
    • Scheme types
    • Standard Conditions of NIHE (DPG) Approvals
    • Special Projects Promotion Allowance
    • Statutory approvals and agreements
    • Housing Association Guide - Scheme Approval Guide tables
    • Housing Association Guide - Scheme Approval forms
    • Information links within the Scheme Approval Guide

    Book traversal links for Scheme Approval

    • HAG - Programme Management Guide - tables
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    • Foreword to Scheme Approval (Housing for Rent)
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