Housing Delivery
Policies relating to the outstanding strategic housing requirements for the Joint Core Strategy (policies 28/29 and Tables 4/5) are informed by the latest housing land supply (as at 1 April 2019), agreed by the Planning Policy Committee on 8 June 2020 (Item 10), and which will form the basis for the submission Local Plan Part 2.
The Local Plan Part 2 sets out additional locally specific directions regarding delivery of new housing to meet the strategic housing requirements, together with additional policy directions regarding mix and tenure and specialist housing requirements.
Strategic housing requirements
Land is already committed for the major housing development sites such as Rushden East and Tresham Garden Village (Joint Core Strategy policies 33 and 14, respectively). Housing requirements will be met by the timely delivery of Rushden East, Tresham and other major committed development sites at Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Raunds and Thrapston. The position, as at 1 April 2019, is explained in the following background papers:
- Background Paper 9 - Housing requirements: urban areas (January 2021)
- Background Paper 10 - Housing requirements: rural areas (January 2021)
In the cases of Rushden and Oundle, additional housing site allocations are proposed in the Local Plan Part 2, in order to deliver the strategic housing land requirements for these towns. Relevant documents relating to the site selection processes are set out below.
Rushden
For Rushden, additional housing land allocations are proposed to address any potential shortfall in housing delivery arising from slippages to the delivery trajectory/ timeframes for Rushden East. A need to allocate additional housing land was agreed by the Planning Policy Committee in autumn 2019 and this is supported by the evidence base below.
- Assessment of alternative site options – Rushden Growth Town (September 2020)
- Local Plan Part 2 Committee Paper – Additional Housing Site Assessments (November 2019) – Planning Policy Committee, 17 December 2019, Item 6
Oundle
For Oundle, additional housing sites have been proposed, with a view to delivering around 300 dwellings over the remaining duration of the Local Plan period, to 2031.
- Sustainability assessment of potential development sites in Oundle (July 2019)
- Sustainability Appraisal: Interim SA Report – Strategic options for Oundle (December 2018)
- 13/01245/OUT – Development Control Committee, 16 October 2013
Housing mix, tenure and specialist housing requirements
The Joint Core Strategy (Policy 30) sets out the overarching Local Plan policy for housing tenure, mix and affordable housing thresholds. Further studies and assessment provide the evidence base for more detailed policies regarding housing mix, tenure or specialist needs.
- Background Paper 11 - Self and Custom Housebuilding (January 2021)
- North Northamptonshire Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (KBC, May 2019)
- Custom and Self Build, Demand Assessment Framework (Three Dragons, December 2018)
- ENC response to Three Dragons report DEC 2018
- Informing East Northamptonshire's Housing Mix: Evidence to Support Planning for Large Residential Properties (Housing Vision, June 2017)
- Study of Housing and Support Needs of Older People across Northamptonshire (Three Dragons, March 2017)
- North Northamptonshire Strategic Housing Market Assessment Update (January 2015)