East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy 2005/06

Results: Density of New Housing - Significant Effects
Indicator
3.4 According to provisional Land Use Change
Statistics/Communities and Local Government
planning statistics for 2005, the East Midlands shows
densities of new dwellings slightly below (at 37
dwellings per hectare) the density for England (40
dwellings per hectare). In the East Midlands this
shows a small increase in density of housing from
2004 where the figure was 36 dwellings per hectare
(England has remained the same at 40 dwellings per
hectare in 2004 and 2005).
3.5 The 2005 density in the East Midlands is
significantly higher than levels for previous years,
which have been slowly rising from around 22 in
1995 to 37 dwellings per hectare.
Table 3.1- Density of New Housing on Sites of 10 or More Dwellings 2005-06
Source: Local Authorities
Table 3.1- Density of New Housing 2005/06
Derby
Derbyshire
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Peak District
Rutland
East Midlands
New dwellings
completed at less
than 30 dwellings/ha
No.
17
843
14
391
556
390
2
661
*
116
2,990
%
3.9
41.4
1.1
21.5
34.5
13.6
0.8
27.1
*
38.7
22.8
New dwellings
completed between
30 and 50 dwellings/ha
No.
83
569
563
977
632
1,125
13
1,177
*
146
5,285
Source: Local Authorities
Missing data for North East Derbyshire, Erewash, North Kesteven and Kettering
* The Peak Park has no sites which fall within the monitoring criteria
%
18.8
27.9
42.8
53.8
39.2
39.1
5.1
48.3
*
48.7
40.4
New dwellings
completed above 50
dwellings/ha
No.
341
626
737
449
423
1,361
242
598
*
38
4,815
%
77.3
30.7
56.1
24.7
26.3
47.3
94.2
24.5
*
12.7
36.8
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