Housing Strategy & Provision (Submission) Flashcards
How have house prices increased?
May 2021 to May 2022 UK wide increase = around 13%
May 2022 to Feb 23 South East = 6% increase
What is the Shanly average density per acre?
National house builders are at circa 14 units per acre on a greenfield site. Shanly are closer to 10 on average.
What is a SHMA?
Strategic Housing Market Assessment.
Assessment of future housing market requirements within an area, including assessment of type, density etc.
This forms a key component of the analysis of determining the number of homes needed over the plan period.
What is a SHLAA/ HELAA?
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment
It is in effect a ‘pool’ from which sites can be tested on their potential suitability, availability and achievability. Call for sites leads to SHLAA.
Technical exercise to determine quality and suitability of development land for housing.
Part of the evidence base needed for the preparation of a Local Plan.
How often are SHMA’s / SHLAA’s updated?
SHMA’s = Local Authorities are required to produce them under the NPPF. Around once every five years. Often part of the first stage of developing a local plan.
SHLAA = is created post a councils call for sites to assess the sites that have been put forward.
How often are Five Year Housing Land Supplies updated?
Meant to be updated annually through a SHLAA or Annual Monitoring Report.
Example of a certain demographic has influenced a councils tenure mix?
St Albans = commuter town with lots of families, hence high requirement for 3 bed (40% of estimated mix) going forwards and just 5% requirement for 1 beds.
What are Brownfield registers and why were they introduced?
Sites council has highlighted with the intention of speeding up the planning process for these sites. All councils required to produce one.
What is a Core Strategy?
This is one of the first documents produced in the creation of a Local Plan. It sets out the overall planning strategy for an area.
How to promote the shreding green site?
Submit it for the Bucks Council call for sites
What average house size/ number of beds does Shanly build?
Average/ prefered house type is a detached or semi detached dwelling with 3 to 4 bedrooms and a study for increasing need to wfh.
How many houses per year does Shanly build?
12,000 in the past 50 years. Around 250 a year
What do you mean by a 5 plus 5 year option agreement?
The second period is for a developer to extend if the additional time is required to promote. This is typically at the expense of a further option premium.
Why was the undersupply of housing a consideration in your appeal meeting at Surrey council?
Site was allocated and the borough wasn’t meeting their required housing supply, so our opinion was that the under supply gave the inspector further reason to approve the scheme.
Current rate of inflation? Impact on inflation on the industry?
Dropped this week to 8.7%. Increasing material costs.
