5 Year Housing Land Supply Report 2025
Introduction
- Data presented in this document reflects the Council’s Housing Land Supply position at 31st March 2025, taking into account the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF - December 2024). Information is provided on context, the methodology and assumptions used, which are based on national planning policy and guidance.
- The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that Local Planning Authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a five years’ supply of housing against their housing requirements. It is expected that local planning authorities should have an identified a five-year housing supply at all points during the plan period.
- The advisory starting point for the methodology used when calculating housing land supply is the NPPF and an extract of this is shown below (NPPF footnotes removed – please see National Planning Policy Framework - GOV.UK)
- 78. [ …] Local planning authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies, or against their local housing need where the strategic policies are more than five years old. The supply of specific deliverable sites should in addition include a buffer (moved forward from later in the plan period) of:
- 5% to ensure choice and competition in the market for land; or
- 20% where there has been significant under delivery of housing over the previous three years, to improve the prospect of achieving the planned supply; […]
- 79. To maintain the supply of housing, local planning authorities should monitor progress in building out sites which have permission. Where the Housing Delivery Test indicates that delivery has fallen below the local planning authority’s housing requirement over the previous three years, the following policy consequences should apply:
- where delivery falls below 95% of the requirement over the previous three years, the authority should prepare an action plan to assess the causes of under delivery and identify actions to increase delivery in future years;
- where delivery falls below 85% of the requirement over the previous three years, the authority should include a buffer of 20% to their identified supply of specific deliverable sites as set out in paragraph 78 of this framework, in addition to the requirement for an action plan;
- where delivery falls below 75% of the requirement over the previous three years, the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies, as set out in footnote 8 of this Framework, in addition to the requirements for an action plan and 20% buffer.’
- 78. [ …] Local planning authorities should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies, or against their local housing need where the strategic policies are more than five years old. The supply of specific deliverable sites should in addition include a buffer (moved forward from later in the plan period) of:
- For large sites, typically with 100 or more completions outstanding, the Council has contacted developers, landowners, and agents to try and establish the delivery of sites.
- It should be noted that this document represents a point in time (as of the 31st March 2025) and the Council’s housing supply changes constantly as permissions are implemented, new permissions are granted, and schemes amended.
Disclaimer
The information within this document is believed to be correct at the time of survey. Each site has been identified from approved planning applications. Whilst every effort is made to give accurate information no responsibility can be accepted for matters arising due to the information in this document being incorrect in any detail whatsoever.