5 Year Housing Land Supply Report 2025

Oversupply

Table 9 - Oversupply over the Plan Period

Year Annual average
number of
homes required
Net number of
completions
Deficit or surplus % of annual
requirement
2008/09 280 75 -205 27%
2009/10 280 89 -191 32%
2010/11 280 69 -211 25%
2011/12 280 147 -133 53%
2012/13 280 172 -108 61%
2013/14 280 183 -97 65%
2014/15 280 345 65 123%
2015/16 280 300 20 107%
2016/17 280 390 110 139%
2017/18 280 400 120 143%
2018/19 280 412 132 147%
2019/20 280 559 279 200%
2020/21 280 453 173 162%
2021/22 280 499 219 178%
2022/23 280 546 266 195%
2023/24 280 349 69 125%
2024/25 305 333 28 109%
TOTAL 4785 5321 536 G 111%

NOTE: The oversupply calculation utilises the Core Strategy Housing Requirement until April 2024. The standardised method for calculating housing need for 2024/25 (which for Ribble Valley was 305 per annum following the publication of the revised NPPF in December 2024) noting that housing requirement has increased to 311 dwellings per annum for 2025/26 following the publication of the latest data tables on dwelling stock (including vacant) published on 22nd May 2025.