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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] OUTER EAST LONDON Broad Rental Market Area (BRMA) implemented on 1st October 2009 Map of the BRMA Overview of the BRMA The above map shows Stratford, Walthamstow, Leyton, West Ham, East Ham and their surroundings within a boundary marked in red. Predominantly residential, the BRMA measures approximately nine miles from north to south and about four miles from east to west. As Stratford will host the Olympic Games in 2012, investment is currently underway to bring commercial, employment and transport improvements to the area. Docklands is located further south and contains City Airport and the Excel Centre. Docklands is a business district of significance and of importance for the country as a whole. This BRMA is situated in Transport for London Zone 3. Public transport is plentiful with four underground lines connecting in all directions, supplemented by an overground rail system connecting Walthamstow to Stratford and then eastwards towards Leytonstone. In the south of the BRMA, the Docklands Light Railway connects places from east to west. Well served by a network of major road arteries, numerous bus routes emanate from Stratford in all directions throughout the BRMA. Identification of Health, Education, Recreation, Banking and Shopping (HERBS) The above map shows how the facilities and services (HERBS) are distributed. They are spread fairly evenly through the BRMA with particular concentrations Stratford, Walthamstow, West Ham and East Ham. Accessibility to facilities and services Distance Time by By Car (based on the Time Time By Time By Remarks From To Car quickest rather than By Bus Train Tube (where applicable) the shortest route) Walthamstow Stratford 15 4.3 47 - 14 Leyton Stratford 6 1.8 5 - 3 Manor Park Stratford 11 2.9 19 - 6 East Ham Stratford 11 3 36 - 22 Canning Town Stratford 10 2.4 22 - 9 Leytonstone Stratford 8 2.3 25 - 7 West Ham Stratford 3 1 12 - 3 Canning Town Beckton 11 2.9 30 13 Includes a combination of tube and train. Total time for journey Canning Town Walthamstow 26 6.4 53 25 25 entered in both ‘Time By Train’ and ‘Time by Tube’ Leyton Walthamstow 10 2.6 20 3 (Information sourced from publicly available websites) The above table shows the approximate distances in miles and journey times in minutes from locations within the BRMA. Journeys are under an hour, demonstrating the reasonableness of accessibility to the main facilities and services. By implication the table also indicates that journeys to and from nearer destinations are also reasonable. Variety of Property Types and Tenures Totals Variety of Property Types All Household Spaces (Total) 163190 In an Unshared Dwelling 162002 House or Bungalow (Subtotal) 94177 Detached 6084 SD 15438 Terr or ET 72655 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment (Subtotal) 67661 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: In a Purpose-Built Block of Flats 47314 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: Part of a Converted or Shared House 17664 Flat, Maisonette or Apartment: In a Commercial Building 2683 Caravan or Other Mobile or Temporary Structure 165 In a Shared Dwelling 1188 Variety of Tenure Types All Households (Total) 159045 Owned (Subtotal) 76346 Owned: Owns outright 25121 Owned: Owns with a mortgage or loan 49520 Owned: Shared ownership 1705 Social rented (Subtotal) 50735 Social rented: Rented from Council (Local Authority) 34579 Social rented: Other social rented 16156 Private rented (Subtotal) 29015 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 29,015 privately rented premises in the BRMA. We would expect to collect approximately 15% of the private rented sector market; this would be about 4,352 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. .