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Planning consideration

Existing housing stock

To determine the minimum number of homes needed, strategic policies should be informed by a local housing need assessment, conducted using the standard method in national planning practice guidance. The standard method is a calculation informed by existing housing stock and affordability.


Design stage
Co-design
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Annually
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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.

Read all the background information that we have on this consideration.


1 update

  • Kieran Wint (20 March 2025)

    On initial analysis, the organisations contained in the dataset don't align with our organisation list. However, it does appear that where this is the case, data was created up until a certain date, and vice versa, in that data was created after a certain date for some organisations. This will require more extensive analysis as part of the design stage.


Last updated: 2025-04-24 13:20:44