Futures Forum: Missing deadlines ... and 'working in the dark' ... The District Council and the draft local plan ... and the housing assessment
Futures Forum: More on ... 'working in the dark' ... The District Council and the housing assessment
It promised to release these figures before the election:
Futures Forum: District Council to publish housing numbers report
The District Council has just published its proposals for housing numbers:
Plan Changes and New Evidence March 2015
Exeter Strategic Housing Market Assessment and Objectively Assessed Housing Numbers in East Devon
The SHMA helps to establish an Objectively Assessed Need figure for housing for the local plan and for wider policy work. The overall figure draws on housing needs explicitly arising from projected future job growth in East Devon, specific work was undertaken by Ash Futures Ltd and Edge Analytics to help establish housing requirements.
The Objectively Assessed Housing Need figure for East Devon is established through the overall SHMA work and averages out at 950 net new dwellings per year.
The overall SHMA/housing numbers work comprises, therefore, of three published reports;
These reports will be supplemented by additional reports that will provide evidence in respect of proposed changes to the local plan.
Additional studies and proposed changes to the plan will be published on this page in March 2015.
Last updated 9 March 2015
This is the comment from the East Devon Watch blog:
EAST DEVON HOUSING NUMBERS: NEAR 25% INCREASE IN YEARLY QUOTA OVER NEXT 18 YEARS
9th March 2015
No wonder they wanted to keep the numbers under wraps until after district council elections in May!
And just where will we put these homes? And will this number be increased by 20% because we have no 5-6 year land supply?
East Devon housing numbers: near 25% increase in yearly quota over next 18 years | East Devon Watch
And here is a comprehensive analysis of the whole housing numbers question from August last year:
The delayed Local Plan – the missing document tracked down and a commentary on it (“What the Dickins”) | East Devon Watch
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