Authority Monitoring Report 2022 to 2023

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 2045.

The Council continues to progress specific evidence base studies that contribute to the Local Plan for Buckinghamshire process.

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

A total of 72 parishes (42.1% of parishes in Buckinghamshire) have a designated neighbourhood area. In addition, there is one Neighbourhood Forum in the Wycombe Area.

• There are currently 37 made Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs).
• There are 41 NDPs and Neighbourhood Development Orders (NDO) in progress.

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 1,980 dwellings. There were 12,251 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 394 affordable housing completions.
• The East Area completed 287 dwellings. There were 1,222 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 14 affordable housing completions.
• The South Area completed 479 dwellings. There were 1,033 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 36 affordable housing completions.
• The West Area completed 1,005 dwellings. There were 2,395 outstanding commitments not yet started or under construction. There were 55 affordable housing completions.

The Housing Delivery Test for 2022 showed that Buckinghamshire achieved a result of 97% and therefore no consequences are incurred.

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

• The North and Central Areas had a net change of 20,398 square metres