Authority Monitoring Report 2021 to 2022

We are required by legislation to have a new Buckinghamshire-wide Local Plan in place by April 2025. This local plan will cover the whole of the Buckinghamshire Council area, for the period up to 2040.

We continue to make progress on the Plan despite change and uncertainty in the national approach to plan-making. Figure 1 below shows an expected timetable as well as progress to date.

There are 171 parishes in Buckinghamshire: 142 town and parish councils and 29 parish meetings.

A total of 67 parishes (40% of parishes in Buckinghamshire) have a designated neighbourhood area.

• There are currently 35 made Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs).
• 41 NDPs / NDOs (Neighbourhood Development Orders).

The AMR must report on policies that specify an annual number of net additional dwellings or additional affordable dwellings within the Council area. This includes completions, demolitions and outstanding commitments.

• The North and Central Areas completed 1479. There were 11,127 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 340 affordable housing completions.
• The East Area completed 222. There were 1393 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 41 affordable housing completions.
• The South Area completed 277. There were 1474 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 0 affordable housing completions.
• The West Area completed 639 (117%) dwellings against their annual target and has 3651 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 112 affordable housing completions.

The Housing Delivery Test for 2022 has not yet been published.

The overall net changes in employment floorspace for the North and Central, East and South Areas have been monitored but due to data variations this data is not currently available for the West Area.

• The North and Central Areas had a net change of 34,352 square metres
• The East Area had a net change of -12,565 square metres
• The South Area had a net change of -2202 square metres