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APPENDIX
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CALCULATION OF BOROUGH AND DISTRICT FIVE YEAR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
The following calculations of the five year housing requirement follow the (now withdrawn) guidance as set in the
DCLG advice note for the Planning Inspectorate ‘Demonstrating a 5 Year Supply of Deliverable Sites’. These
calculations specifically follow the guidance at paragraph 5 (i) which states that ‘Local Planning Authorities should
use, where available, housing provision figures in adopted Development Plans, adjusted to reflect the level of
housing that has already been delivered (within the lifetime of the current plan).’ As the five year housing
requirement is a forward looking assessment, this year covering the period 2012-17, it is necessary to take account
of projected housing completions in the current year (2011-12) to gauge how much development will have
happened by the end of March 2012 with a view to calculating the residual housing requirements over the
remainder of plan period (April 1 st 2012-March 31 st 2021). Taking note of the advice outlined above, the NNJPU
‘recalibrates’ the Core Strategy housing provision figures (as outlined in Table 3: Average Annual Housing Provision
Rates, 2001-2021), making use of the projected residual total at the end of March 2012 and distributing this, on
the same proportionate development rates set at Core Strategy Table 3, to ensure the overall quantum of planned
development is achieved both on an annual basis going forward and by the end of the plan period. This approach
has been used in previous AMRs and for consistency, and conforming to (now withdrawn) best guidance, it is
considered appropriate to continue calculation of housing land requirements on this basis.
Housing land requirements for the local authorities, and North Northants as a whole, are available over the
following pages.
Strategic Planning for the Districts and Boroughs of Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough & East Northamptonshire