Decision details

To seek approval for the publication and implementation of the Housing Delivery Test Action Plan 2021.

In January 2021 the Ministry of Homes, Communities and Local Government published the 2020 Housing Delivery Test results.  They identified that Fareham had achieved 79% of the housing delivery required in the Borough over the three years from 2017 to 2020.  As delivery has fallen bellow 95% of the requirement, the Council is required to produce a Housing Delivery Test Action Plan.  The plan should assess the causes of under-delivery to date and identify actions which the Council can take to reduce the risk of future under-delivery.

The Council’s Housing Delivery Test Action Plan has been produced in line with national planning practice guidance and sets out the root causes of this result and the measures which the Council has already been taking to deal with these issues.  As well as examining the causes affecting delivery to date, the Action Plan outlines the significant difficulties which the Council faces in relation to future Housing Delivery Test results.  It includes a series of actions which the Council will continue to implement together with additional proposals to further tackle the Borough’s housing delivery challenges.

RESOLVED that the Housing Delivery Test Action Plan 2021, attached as Appendix A to the report, be approved for publication and implementation.