Dec 2010 - South Worcestershire Development Plan

SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT 201079Worcester 60 22 82Wychavon 0 0 0South Worcs 106 61 173Table 21: Number of affordable homes delivered during 2009/107.53 Malvern Hills looks to provide 30 affordable homes annually in urbanareas between 2006 and April 2011 (Key target 10 – Malvern HillsDistrict Council Housing Strategy 2006 – 2009). The number ofaffordable delivered during 2009/10 is a significant increase onprevious years. This sudden improvement can be attributed to the largedevelopments at Malvern Vale and Prospect Close which accounts for27 and 50 completed dwellings respectively. Future projections showthis trend is like to continue over the next four to five years whilst theMalvern Vale site is built out.7.54 Worcester: This is a significant decrease compared to last year’sfigure of 147. This can be partly attributed to the economic conditionsbut also to the manner in which affordable homes are brought forwardon large sites, which is explained in greater detail in the WorcesterHousing Land Monitor 2010.7.55 Wychavon: There were no affordable houses built during 2009/10. It ishowever expected to improve over the next few years as currentdwelling commitments get built out.7.56 The remaining component of this section ‘deliverable housing landsupply’ can be found in appendices one, two and three. Eachappendix relates specifically to Malvern Hills, Worcester City andWychavon, respectively. Whilst the decision has been taken to analysethe housing land supply per authority, the three authorities haveconsistently applied the same methodology.