The Affordable Housing Practice Note (AHPN) was first published in 2009 (updated in 2014), and provides guidance on the implementation of Bristol City Council’s affordable housing policies, as set out in the Bristol Local Plan. Since publication, a number of changes have been made to National Planning Practice Guidance regarding affordable housing, including a new threshold for affordable housing contributions related to the size of site/number of residential units proposed and Exemption from affordable housing contributions where vacant buildings are being brought back into use (vacant building credit). Developments at the local level have also prompted a review of the Council’s procedures for securing and delivering affordable housing, in particular, Publication of Bristol City Council’s draft Corporate Strategy (2018-23) with Mayoral objective to build 800 affordable homes a year by 2020, Increasing public scrutiny of the level of affordable housing being offered and achieved as part of major planning applications and full Council resolution on affordable housing in December 2016 to instruct Council planning officers to make all information used in the viability process publicly available and in good time, and to look for innovative ways to encourage and incentivize developers to include a mix of affordable homes in their development schemes.