The economic viability statement, provided by the developer, is not in the public domain. I only have the figure from the inspector's report.

I don't think the inspector was likely to come to any other conclusion. But the developer said at the local hearing that had the officers recommended the inclusion of social housing when it was raised as an issue by the FH Society, then they would have included it in the scheme (and the work would probably have been completed by now, and they still would have made more profit).

I still worry about parking close to the site and the impact it will have on the parade of shops. But having been inside the building, I think the developer is doing a good job on the conversion and I expect the flats will still be of high quality.