Planning consideration

Housing numbers

Number of new homes the government aims to build per year

Work on this has been paused

Housing numbers covers a lot of different considerations, all related to housing need, targets and delivery. We have, therefore, spit this into separate considerations to investigate. More details in the notes.

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• Design stage: Research
• Tags:
  • local plan

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• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Unknown
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Housing numbers' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Faster local plans
  • Other

Screen

• What is the 'Housing numbers' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Housing numbers'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Housing numbers'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Housing numbers a trigger?

• Is the Housing numbers something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Housing numbers data already available?

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

• Will a data standard be required?

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Housing numbers?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Housing numbers?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Housing numbers? How do we expect them to use Housing numbers?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Housing numbers data?

• What are some potential uses of Housing numbers data?

• What's the value of adding Housing numbers data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Housing numbers data available?

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2 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we think that this consideration is an OUTPUT, and created during the local plan process.

• Colm Britton (30 August 2024)

  This is a large area that covers lots of different considerations. We've started to split this up into separate considerations: These include

  • Housing delivery test
  • Site allocations
  • 5YHLS
  • HELAA
  • SHMA

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Last updated: 2024-08-22 00:00:00