Decision details

The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) had been introduced by the Government to monitor whether local planning authorities were building enough homes to meet their housing need.  Published in January 2021, the HDT compared the number of new homes delivered over the previous three years with the Council’s housing requirement.  Results would be used to determine the buffer to apply in future housing land supply positions statements and whether the presumption in favour of sustainable development should apply.

Against a requirement of 1,035 dwellings, over the last three years, the Council had delivered 670 net dwellings (65%).  Results below 95% required an Action Plan (AP) to be developed to identify the reasons for under-delivery and the measures the Council intended to undertake to increase delivery of new housing.  The Council’s AP was attached to the report as Appendix 1. 

The Council was required to publish an AP within six months of publication of the HDT measurement.  The actions would be monitored in subsequent years through further APs and / or the Council’s Local Plan Monitoring Report.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.