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they are meeting this requirement, their policies with regards to residential development will be considered to be "out of date".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).
Our five year housing land supply is calculated as 24.65 years for the five year period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2029.
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.
Date | Explanatory Notes |
31 March 2023 | |
31 March 2022 | |
31 March 2021 | |
31 March 2020 | |
31 March 2019 | |
31 March 2018 | |
31 March 2017 | |
31 March 2016 | |
31 December 2015 | Updated version (more comprehensive data on sites approved between 1 October and 31 December 2015) |
31 December 2015 | Interim version |
31 March 2015 | |
30 September 2014 | Reissued version following decision to increase housing requirement |
30 September 2014 | |
31 March 2014 | |
30 September 2013 | |
30 June 2013 | |
31 March 2012 |
This page can be accessed quickly using the short link www.stratford.gov.uk/5yearsupply
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