What is the five year housing supply?
The five year housing supply is calculated by comparing the anticipated supply of new homes within the district over a five year period against the housing requirements and trajectory set out in Policy CS.16 of our Core Strategy. This takes into account homes already built from the start of the plan period to date (known as completions) and the number of homes expected to be built in the next five years (known as commitments).
It is important that we can demonstrate a five year supply. If a local planning authority cannot show that they are meeting this requirement, their policies with regards to residential development will be considered to be "out of date". Planning officers would then be less able to resist all but the most inappropriate housing development without the risk that decisions would be overturned at appeal under the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
Latest position
The Council has updated its housing land supply position to take account of the revised standard method for Local Housing Need. The changes to the NPPF and the new methodology for Local Housing Need mean that the previous calculation is now out of date. The Council can currently demonstrate the equivalent of 5.06 years' worth of housing land supply.
A fully-updated Five Year Housing Land Supply calculation for the base date of 31 March 2025 will be published later in the year.
Previous calculations of supply
The below table contains an archive of our previous five year housing supply calculations, along with explanatory notes where there are different versions with the same calculation date.
Find out more
This page can be accessed quickly using the short link www.stratford.gov.uk/5yearsupply
