Housing Needs Assessment 2006 - Westminster City Council

Westminster – Housing Needs Assessment 200611.6 SummaryEmphasis on examination of the whole market as part of developing local Housing Strategies hasbeen a theme of Government policy since the publication of PPG3 (2000). This suggests that theplanning and housing departments should work together to understand local housing requirementsacross all tenures and size requirements.Analysis of survey data suggests that the owner-occupied sector accounts for around 43.7% of thetotal housing stock and is dominated by three bedroom properties. Private rented properties makeup 34.3% and are characterised by a larger proportion of one and two bedroom dwellings. Theestimated annual turnover rate in the owner-occupied sector is around 1.7%, which compares to35.1% in the private rented sector.PAGE 110