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Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

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SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT <strong>2010</strong>199<strong>Plan</strong>ning Services Service Delivery <strong>Plan</strong> 2009 / <strong>2010</strong>BV106 Percentage of new homes built on previously developed land – LocalTarget 25%• This was surpassed as during the monitoring period 61% of new dwellingswere built on PDL.5.6 Housing DensityHousing density is a measure of how efficiently land is used. The current Local <strong>Plan</strong>seeks minimum densities of 30 dwellings per hectare for housing throughout theDistrict. In urban areas and rural settlements densities of between 30-50 dwellings perhectare are required, whilst in town centres densities of approximately 70 dwellings perhectare should be achieved.Figure 43: Average Density of Completed Dwellings (may not refer to all sites)Density of New Residential <strong>Development</strong> allsites 2009-<strong>2010</strong>37%54%9%Less than 30 Between 30 to 50 Greater than 50Out of 156 net completions in 2009/<strong>2010</strong>, 54% of the completions were built at less than30 dwellings per hectare and were predominantly in the rural areas of Wychavon (thisfigure is lower than in 2008/2009 where 56.06% of residential developments were builtat less than 30 dwellings per hectare). 9% of the completions in 2009/10 were built at adensity between 30 to 50 dwellings per hectare; which were also predominantly in therural areas of the district. 37% were built at more than 50 dwellings per hectare; themajority of these were in the urban areas of Wychavon.

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