Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 20101724.26 The first stage in assessing Worcester City’s housing land supply is to identifythe housing provision targets. The Five Year (1st April 2010 to 31st March 2015)Housing Land Supply requirements table identifies two possible targets forWorcester City. These are:• Column 1 – Figures based on the Balanced Housing Market DevelopmentPlan Document• Column 2- Figures based against the adopted WMRSS figures 2001 –2021• Column 3 - Figures based against Emerging WMRSS – Preferred OptionPhase 2 Partial Review 2006 – 20264.27 COLUMN ONEFive year land supply calculation, based on the Balanced Housing MarketDevelopment Plan Document.The following calculation is as follows:Number of homes required equals:1. Regional Spatial Strategy requirement based on the Structure Planproportions = 3,027 minus net number of homes built since 2001 (3,027minus 2,896) = 131plus2. Regional Spatial Strategy requirement 2006 to 2026 = 3200 homes dividedby 20 years = 160 homes per year. Five year land supply is made up fromthe one remaining years from the current development plan documentperiod plus four years Regional Spatial Strategy allocation = 131 + 640.Therefore, the target to meet until 2014 is 771 homes.