Movers and Shaker in Housing Delivery Test 2022…….
by Jo Hanslip
In December 2023, the Government published the Housing Delivery Test results for Local Authorities in England for 2022.
All Local Planning Authority’s (LPA) performance can be viewed below:
There are:
- 61 x LPA’s where the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.
- 21 x LPA’s who need to prepare an Action Plan, and;
- 19 x LPA’s who need to apply a buffer to their land supply position.
- All other LPAs not listed below, have been able to meet their housing requirements.
61 Local Authorities where the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies:
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashfield
- Barking and Dagenham
- Basildon
- Bournemouth
- Bradford
- Bromley
- Bromsgrove
- Broxbourne
- Bury
- Calderdale
- Camden
- Castle Point
- Eastbourne
- Enfield
- Epping Forest
- Epsom and Ewell
- Erewash
- Fareham
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Greenwich
- Hastings
- Havant
- Havering
- Hertsmere
- Isle of Wight
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Kirklees
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Mole Valley
- Portsmouth
- Redbridge
- Rossendale
- Rother
- Sandwell
- Sevenoaks
- Slough
- South Tyneside
- Southend-on-Sea
- Southwark
- Spelthorne
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tandridge
- Thanet
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Torbay
- Trafford
- Uttlesford
- Walsall
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Worthing
- York
- Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
21 Local Authorities where an Action Plan is required:
- Bexley
- Bristol, City of
- Dartford
- Dudley
- Ealing
- Elmbridge
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gateshead
- Gedling
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
- New Forest
- North Somerset
- Oldham
- Richmond upon Thames
- Runnymede
- Stockport
- Swindon
- Christchurch
- East Dorset
- Purbeck
19 Local Authorities where a Buffer is required:
- Bolton
- Broxtowe
- Canterbury
- Dacorum
- Hackney
- Leicester
- Medway
- Mendip
- Newham
- North Dorset
- North Tyneside
- North Warwickshire
- Poole Southampton
- Tameside
- Teignbridge
- Warrington
- Wealden
- Woking