A Broad Rental Market Area is an area ‘within which a person could reasonably be expected to live having regard to facilities and services for the purposes of health, education, recreation, personal banking and shopping, taking account of the distance of travel, by public and private transport, to and from those facilities and services.’
A BRMA must contain ‘residential premises of a variety of types, including such premises held on a variety of tenures’, plus ‘sufficient privately rented residential premises, to ensure that, in the rent officer’s opinion, the LHA for the area is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in that area’.
[Legislation - Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment (No.2) Order 2008]
RICHMOND & HAMBLETON
Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) implemented on 1st December 2010
Map of the BRMA
Overview of the BRMA
The above map shows the towns of Northallerton, Richmond and Thirsk together with various smaller settlements and agricultural land within a boundary marked in red. Predominantly rural in character, the eastern part of the BRMA includes some of the North York Moors and the western part includes some of the Pennines and the Yorkshire Dales. The BRMA extends roughly 43 miles north to south by 18 miles east to west.
Its expanse of countryside punctuated by villages, the BRMA is based on the market towns of Northallerton, Richmond and Thirsk. Catterick Garrison is situated approximately three miles south of Richmond and is the largest military base in North Yorkshire and Catterick Garrison Administrative Area comprises a number of army bases located along the A1 corridor. The principal hospital is the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, which has an Accident & Emergency Department.
The main roads in the BRMA are the A1 and the A19 trunk roads, both of which provide access north and south. The A6136 links Richmond to the A1 via Catterick Garrison and the B6270 from Swaledale connects to Richmond via the A6108. The A684 runs across the width of the BRMA from west to east connecting Hawes, Leyburn and Leeming to Northallerton. The A684 also links Northallerton to the A19. The A168 also connects Thirsk to Northallerton and Dishforth to Thirsk. The A19 runs from north to south on the eastern side of the BRMA and connects with the A170 and A61 at Thirsk providing links to Baldersby to the west and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe to the east.
The bus network provides regular links between Northallerton, Catterick, Richmond and Thirsk and the surrounding towns and villages. However, in some rural areas services are more limited, or non-existent. The main train station is in Northallerton with trains running frequently to Thirsk. The Wensleydale Railway provides a limited rail service which connects Redmire, Leyburn, Finghall, Bedale and Leeming Bar.
Identification of Health, Education, Recreation, Banking and Shopping (HERBS)
The above map shows how the facilities and services (HERBS) are distributed. They mainly cluster in, and close to, Northallerton, Catterick and Richmond. Smaller clusters of HERBS can be seen in Thirsk.
Accessibility to facilities and services
(Information sourced from publicly available websites)
Distance by car (based on the From To quickest rather Time by car Time by bus Time by train Remarks than the shortest route) Bus runs every 30 Bedale Northallerton 8 17 21 minutes Bedale Richmond 15 23 50 -55 Four bus services - between them provide Catterick Village Richmond 5 12 16 – 35 buses approximately every hour Catterick Village Northallerton 13 21 26 - 40 Buses run every 15- Catterick Garrison Richmond 3 6 7 - 15 22 minutes Dalton Northallerton 16 32 58 Dalton Richmond 30 46 44 Dishforth Northallerton 16 29 52 42 Hawes Richmond 26 54 84 -87 Hawes Northallerton 35 70 105 Leyburn Northallerton 19 37 56 Leyburn Richmond 11.5 22 24 Bus runs every hour Buses run Northallerton Richmond 20.5 34 45-50 approximately every hour Rainton Northallerton 14.5 28 47 Thirsk Northallerton 9.5 18 24 -35 8 Train runs every hour
The above table shows the approximate distances in miles and journey times in minutes. Most journeys are under an hour, demonstrating the reasonableness of accessibility to the main facilities and services in the area. By implication the table also indicates that journeys to and from nearer destinations are also reasonable.
Variety of Property Types and Tenures
Variety of Property Types All Household Spaces (Total) 42647 In an Unshared Dwelling 42611 House or Bungalow (Subtotal) 39592 Detached 16040 Semi Detached 14257 Terrace or End Terrace 9295 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment (Subtotal) 2815 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: In a Purpose-Built Block of Flats 1798 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: Part of a Converted or Shared House 578 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: In a Commercial Building 439 Caravan or Other Mobile or Temporary Structure 203 In a Shared Dwelling 36
All Households (Total) 39239 Owned (Subtotal) 26865 Owned: Owns outright 12907 Owned: Owns with a mortgage or loan 13853 Owned: Shared ownership 106 Social rented (Subtotal) 5306 Social rented: Rented from Council (Local Authority) 1883 Social rented: Other social rented 3424 Private rented (Subtotal) 5921
The figures in bold in the above table show the number of houses and flats in the BRMA and how many of them are owned, socially rented and privately rented. The other figures show sub categories. The table demonstrates that the BRMA contains a variety of types of residential premises and that they are held on a variety of tenures. Note: The table was compiled by matching the Office of National Statistics 2001 Census data as closely as possible to the BRMA map boundary.
Sufficient Privately Rented Premises
The table shows 5,921 privately rented premises in the BRMA.
We would expect to collect approximately 20% of the private rented sector market; this would be about 1,184 pieces of lettings information to include on our list of rents. This is considered sufficient privately rented residential premises to ensure that, in the Rent Officer’s opinion, the Local Housing Allowance for tenancies in the area is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in that area.