Neighbourhood Plan Housing Needs Assessment Berwick-Upon-Tweed Town Council
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Town Planning Submitted to Submitted by Berwick-upon-Tweed Town AECOM Council Bridgewater House 4th Floor Whitworth Street Manchester M1 6LT Neighbourhood Plan Housing Needs Assessment Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council November 2016 Final AECOM Neighbourhood Plan Housing Needs Assessment – ES-1 Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council Table of Contents Acronyms List ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Glossary of terms used in this report....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................... 1-10 1.1 Housing Needs Assessment in Neighbourhood Planning..................................................................................................... 1-10 1.2 Local Study Context..................................................................................................................................................................... 1-10 2 Approach ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-12 2.1 NPPG-based assessment .......................................................................................................................................................... 2-12 2.2 Summary of methodology........................................................................................................................................................... 2-12 2.3 Gathering and using a range of data ........................................................................................................................................ 2-12 2.4 Focus on demand rather than supply ....................................................................................................................................... 2-13 2.5 Study objectives ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2-13 3 Relevant Data........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3-15 3.1 Local planning Policy context and supporting evidence base .............................................................................................. 3-15 3.2 Other relevant housing strategies ............................................................................................................................................. 3-28 3.3 Local economic context............................................................................................................................................................... 3-30 3.4 Scottish Borders Plans ................................................................................................................................................................ 3-32 3.5 Housing projections ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3-33 3.6 Local housing waiting list ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-35 3.7 Characteristics of population ...................................................................................................................................................... 3-39 3.8 Household type............................................................................................................................................................................. 3-43 3.9 Household tenure......................................................................................................................................................................... 3-45 3.10 Local household composition..................................................................................................................................................... 3-47 3.11 Current Average House Values ................................................................................................................................................. 3-51 3.12 Economic activity ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3-51 3.13 Local survey work ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-53 3.14 Information from Estate Agencies ............................................................................................................................................. 3-54 4 Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4-56 4.1 Quantity of housing need ............................................................................................................................................................ 4-56 4.2 Characteristics of housing need ................................................................................................................................................ 4-67 4.3 Recommendations for next steps.............................................................................................................................................. 4-73 Nov ember 2016 AECOM Neighbourhood Plan Housing Needs Assessment – ES-2 Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council Limitations AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) has prepared this Report for the sole use of Berwick-upon- Tweed Town Council (“Client”) in accordance with the Agreement under which our services were performed. 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Nov ember 2016 AECOM Neighbourhood Plan Housing Needs Assessment – ES-3 Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council Review Schedule Actions Project Role Name Position Signature Date Summary Sam Rosillo Senior Planner Preparation of 17 October 2016 draft report Researcher(s) Matthew Planner Preparation of 17 October 2016 Stopforth draft report Project Sam Rosillo Senior Planner Reviewed draft 17 October 2016 report Manager Jesse Honey Principal Planner Reviewed draft 12 October 2016 report Director/QA Alan Houghton Head of Planning Reviewed draft 18 October 2016 for the north report Julien