Movers and Shaker in Housing Delivery Test 2022…….
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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.
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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
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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
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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