Authority Monitoring Report 2022 to 2023

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9. Housing

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 legacy areas monitored and reported on housing data differently and this has led to variations in how this data is presented within this AMR. For more housing information, see appendix 1 (.XLSX, 28.1KB).

We will ensure that data will be presented consistently in future AMRs.

9.1 Performance against current targets

9.1.1 North & Central Areas

The annual local housing requirement target is 1,430 dwellings per annum. In the monitoring year, the delivery against this housing target was 1,980 (138%).

9.1.2 East Area

The annual local housing requirement target is 362 dwelling per annum. In the monitoring year, the delivery against this housing target was 287 (79%).

9.1.3 South Area

The annual local housing requirement target is 429 dwelling per annum. In the monitoring year, the delivery against this housing target was 479 (112%).

9.1.4 West Area

The housing requirement is 10,925 dwellings over the plan period 2013 to 2033.

The annualised requirement target is 546.25 dwellings per annum. In the monitoring year, the delivery against this housing target was 1,005 (184%).

9.2 Housing delivery test

The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) is an annual measurement of housing delivery and compares the net homes delivered over the previous 3 financial years to the homes required over the same period.

Buckinghamshire Council prepared a joint submission. The results for all authorities are available on the Housing Delivery Test webpage.

9.2.1 Homes required

Table 1 Homes required in Buckinghamshire Council area
	Number of homes required 2019/20	Number of homes required 2020/21	Number of homes required 2021/22	Total number of homes required
Buckinghamshire Council	2524	1839	2759	7122

9.2.2 Homes delivered

Table 2 Homes delivered in Buckinghamshire Council area
	Number of homes delivered 2019/20	Number of homes delivered 2020/21	Number of homes delivered 2021/22	Total number of homes delivered
Buckinghamshire Council	2317	1982	2617	6916

The 2022 HDT measurement achieved 97% and therefore no consequences are incurred.

9.3 Annual Housing Completions since 2013

Table 3 Annual Housing Completions for North & Central, East, South and West Areas since 2013
Year	North & Central	East	South	West
2013/14	990	148	142	266
2014/15	1355	114	139	423
2015/16	1191	158	80	376
2016/17	1309	221	411	788
2017/18	1395	286	299	551
2018/19	1758	353	328	814
2019/20	1715	95	98	366
2020/21	1357	146	121	357
2021/22	1479	222	277	639
2022/23	1980	287	479	1005
Total	14529	2030	2374	5585

The figures for the East Area in 2019/20 and 2020/21 have been amended to 95 and 146 respectively to reflect previous discrepancies.

9.4 Completions and demolitions

9.4.1 North & Central Areas

Table 4 Net completions including permitted development within the North & Central Areas
	Net completions (brownfield)	Net completions (greenfield)	Net completions (not specified)	Total net completions	Of which is office to residential permitted development (PD)	Of which is other to residential PD
Aylesbury Area	258	423	Not applicable	681	74	2
Buckingham	12	168	Not applicable	180	0	0
Winslow	0	17	Not applicable	17	0	0
Wendover	2	0	Not applicable	2	0	0
Haddenham	1	123	Not applicable	124	0	0
Rest of Rural Areas	46	930	Not applicable	976	90	12
Total	319	1661	Not applicable	1980	164	14

Major housing development for Buckinghamshire is defined as:

Residential development of between 10 or more dwellings

Residential development on a site area of 0.5 hectares or more where the number of dwellings is unknown.

Table 5 Major development completions within the North & Central Areas
	Major Development Completions
Aylesbury Area	657
Buckingham	161
Winslow	15
Wendover	0
Haddenham	121
Rest of Rural Areas	823
Total	1777

Table 6 Gross dwelling type completions and number of bedrooms within the North & Central Areas
Dwelling Type: House	Dwelling Type: Flat	Bedrooms per dwelling: 1	Bedrooms per dwelling: 2	Bedrooms per dwelling: 3	Bedrooms per dwelling: 4	Bedrooms per dwelling: 5+
1516	510	267	564	655	481	108

There were 23 demolitions of permanent dwellings within the North & Central Areas.

9.4.2 East Area

Table 7 Net completions including permitted development within the East Area
	Net completions (brownfield)	Net completions (greenfield)	Total net completions	Of which is office to residential permitted development (PD)	Of which is storage to residential PD	Of which is other to residential PD
Amersham	11	0	11	4	0	0
Ashley Green	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chalfont St Giles	15	4	19	0	0	0
Chalfont St Peter	131	1	132	123	2	0
Chartridge	3	0	3	0	0	0
Chenies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chesham Bois	0	1	1	0	0	0
Chesham	45	16	61	6	0	3
Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coleshill	1	0	1	0	0	0
Great Missenden	16	0	16	0	0	0
Latimer & Ley Hill	2	0	2	0	0	0
Little Chalfont	17	0	17	0	0	0
Little Missenden	10	3	13	0	0	0
Penn	3	2	5	0	0	0
Seer Green	3	2	5	0	0	0
The Lee	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total	258	29	287	133	2	3

Table 8 Major development completions within the East Area
	Major Development Completions
Chalfont St Peter	120
Chesham	5
Great Missenden	6
Total	131

Table 9 Gross dwelling type completions and number of bedrooms within the East Area
Dwelling Type: House	Dwelling Type: Flat	Bedrooms per dwelling: 1	Bedrooms per dwelling: 2	Bedrooms per dwelling: 3	Bedrooms per dwelling: 4	Bedrooms per dwelling: 5
158	198	129	94	44	52	37

There were 62 demolitions of permanent dwellings within the East Area.

9.4.3 South Area

Table 10 Net completions including permitted development within the South Area
	Net completions (brownfield)	Net completions (greenfield)	Total net completions	Of which is office to residential permitted development (PD)	Of which is storage to residential PD	Of which is other to residential PD
Beaconsfield	159	20	179	0	0	2
Burnham	123	3	126	0	12	0
Denham	20	0	20	0	0	0
Dorney	1	0	1	0	0	0
Farnham Royal	54	3	57	5	0	0
Fulmer	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerrards Cross	24	1	25	8	0	0
Hedgerley	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iver	53	4	57	0	0	0
Stoke Poges	6	1	7	0	1	0
Taplow	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wexham	7	0	7	0	0	0
Total	447	32	479	25	1	2

Table 11 Major development completions within the South Area
	Major Development Completions
Beaconsfield	147
Burnham	109
Farnham Royal	44
Iver	36
Total	336

Table 12 Gross dwelling type completions and number of bedrooms within the South Area
Dwelling Type: House	Dwelling Type: Flat	Bedrooms per dwelling: 1	Bedrooms per dwelling: 2	Bedrooms per dwelling: 3	Bedrooms per dwelling: 4	Bedrooms per dwelling: 5
242	244	102	175	103	58	53

There were 48 demolitions of permanent dwellings within the South Area.

9.4.4 West Area

Table 13 Net completions including permitted development within the West Area
	Net completions (brownfield)	Net completions (greenfield)	Total net completions	Of which is office to residential permitted development (PD)	Of which is light industrial to residential PD
Tier 1: High Wycombe	460	200	660	36	8
Tier 2: Marlow, Princes Risborough, Bourne End/Wooburn	114	1	115	21	0
Tier 3: Flackwell Heath & Lane End	109	0	109	39	0
Tier 4: Longwick	3	12	15	0	0
Tiers 5, 6 & Rural Areas	103	3	106	0	0
Total	789	216	1005	96	8

Table 14 Major development completions within the West Area
	Major Development Completions
Tier 1: High Wycombe	480
Tier 2: Marlow, Princes Risborough, Bourne End/Wooburn	65
Tier 3: Flackwell Heath & Lane End	90
Tier 4: Longwick	0
Tiers 5, 6 & Rural Areas	75
Total	710

Table 15 Gross dwelling type completions and number of bedrooms within the West Area
Dwelling Type: House	Dwelling Type: Flat	Bedrooms per dwelling: 1	Bedrooms per dwelling: 2	Bedrooms per dwelling: 3	Bedrooms per dwelling: 4	Bedrooms per dwelling: 5+
337	714	377	417	159	102	39

There were 49 demolitions of permanent dwellings within the West Area.