Housing, Homelessness and Benefits Strategy - Basingstoke and ...

level of completions which have been achieved in the past andtherefore the Council recognises that, in order to succeed, therewould need to be a step change in current levels of delivery.This is likely to prove especially challenging during the next fewyears taking into account the influence of the national and globaleconomy and its impact on the housing market.It is recognised that the work we do with partners and developersshould continue so that we explore the influence which the Councilmight have and any actions which could be taken to ensure that allopportunities to enable a continued housing supply are exploited.It is also important to note that the Borough’s Local Plan willbe superseded by the Local Development Framework. Thisframework and, in particular, the Core Strategy will, uponadoption, detail how the Council will deliver the housing targets tobe set out in the South East Plan up until 2026. The most recentindication is that the South East Plan will set a target equatingto 895 dwellings to be delivered each year across Basingstokeand Deane. This compares with the Borough Council’s formalsubmission to the examination into the Plan that 740 dwellingsshould be provided each year during this period.Return to Return Contents to ContentsStatistics1996-2011trajectory895 targetfor south each yearRPGrequirementshousingdeliveryThe Secretary of State is currently considering the recommendationscontained in the report of the South East Plan Panel Inspectors andwill be publishing its proposed changes to the draft South East Planlater in the year, which will be subject to a further public consultation.In drafting the Council’s response to the consultations, considerationwill need to be given to the deliverability of the proposed housingnumbers, particularly in light of the market and our knowledge ofprevious levels of delivery and lead in times.With regard to housing mix an analysis of current unimplementedplanning permissions suggests that there will only be a marginalchange in the overall housing stock towards smaller dwellingsduring the lifetime of this strategy (2008-2011). The majority oflarge sites still awaiting detailed planning permission are unlikelyto incorporate significant amounts of smaller dwellings because ofthe way that Policy C3 is framed taking into account the locationand size of the sites in question.It should also be noted that the recently completed StrategicHousing Market Assessment for Central Hampshire and theNew Forest analyses the projected future growth in householdsover the next 20 years. Growth in the number of householdsis predicted to be driven by large increases in the number ofsingle persons households. It is estimated that by 2026 familyWe haveand we will21