April 2009 Housing Land Availability Study Planning and Housing www.malvernhills.gov.uk Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 Housing Land Availability Study (Inc. Five year housing land supply) 2009 Information presented in this study represents data monitored from the period: 1St April 2008 to 31st March 2009 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 METHODOLOGY 1 3.0 HOUSING COMPLETIONS 2008 to 2009 4 4.0 HOUSING LAND POSITION AT APRIL 2009 9 5.0 PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING HOUSING 12 TARGETS AND FIVE YEAR HOUSING LAND SUPPLY 6.0 SOUTH WORCESTERSHIRE HOUSING 21 COMPLETIONS GLOSSARY OF TERMS 23 APPENDIX ONE: HOUSING LAND POSITION 26 SCHEDULE ONE: 27 Housing Land Position at April 2009 SCHEDULE TWO: 29 Housing Land Position at April 2009: Based on Regional Spatial Strategy Requirement SCHEDULE THREE 30 Summary of Gross Housing Completions and Commitments 1996 – 2009 SCHEDULE FOUR: 31 Summary of Net Housing Completions and Commitments 2006 – 2009 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 APPENDIX TWO: HOUSING COMPLETIONS BY PARISH 26 APPENDIX THREE: DWELLING COMPLETIONS 42 SCHEDULE ONE: 43 Completed Local Plan Allocated Sites 2006 – 2009 SCHEDULE TWO: 44 Completed Large Sites 1996 – 2000 SCHEDULE THREE: 50 Completed Large Sites 2000 – 2009 SCHEDULE FOUR: 62 Completed Small Sites 1996-2000 SCHEDULE FIVE: 82 Completed Small Sites 2000-2009 APPENDIX FOUR: DWELLINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 145 SCHEDULE ONE: 146 Local Plan Allocated Sites 2009 Under Construction SCHEDULE TWO: 147 Large Sites Under Construction At April 2009 SCHEDULE THREE 152 Small Sites Under Construction At April 2009 APPENDIX FIVE: DWELLINGS WITH OUTSTANDING 162 PLANNING PERMISSION SCHEDULE ONE: 163 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 Outstanding Local Plan Allocated Sites 2009 SCHEDULE TWO: 164 Large Sites Outstanding At April 2009 SCHEDULE THREE: 168 Small Sites Outstanding At April 2009 APPENDIX SIX: Previous Use of Site 189 APPENDIX SEVEN: Dwelling size 191 APPENDIX EIGHT: Housing Completions In The Malvern Urban 196 Area APPENDIX NINE: Replacement Dwellings Completed 00 –09 197 APPENDIX TEN: Total Permissions by Application 2000-2009 205 APPENDIX ELEVEN: Build Rates 2000 – 2009 206 APPENDIX TWELVE: Lapse Rates 2001 – 2009 207 APPENDIX THIRTEEN: Renewals 2000-2009 207 APPENDIX FOURTEEN: Dwellings Completed Outside of a 208 Settlement Boundary 2004-2009 APPENDIX FIFTEEN: Density of Net Completions 2008-2009 209 APPENDIX SIXTEEN: Affordable Housing Completions during 210 1St April 2008 to 31st March 2009 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 APPENDIX SEVENTEEN: Urban-Rural Split 211 APPENDIX EIGHTEEN 212 SOUTH WORCESHIRE HOUSING DATA SCHEDULE ONE: 213 Total South Worcestershire Housing completions between 2001 - 2008 SCHEDULE TWO: 214 Housing completions (gross) per South Worcestershire authority between 2001 - 2008 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 This document is the principal information source for housing developments within Malvern Hills District each year and contributes to the District Council’s primary monitoring document, the Annual Monitoring Report, published in December each year. It also provides figures for regional monitoring and national government returns such as the National Land Use Database. 1.2 The following pages contain analysis of the housing land situation at 1st April 2009 in terms of both allocated and windfall sites. This study also examines the trend in housing completions, progress in the provision of affordable housing and the contributions towards the supply of housing on previously developed land and buildings. Additional information such as the size of dwellings, density, and previous use, is also provided. Finally, the study examines the District’s five years housing land supply and current targets. 2.0 METHODOLOGY 2.1 This study is consistent with the methodology adopted within Worcestershire County and previous studies. The study examines housing land in the two categories of large sites (those capable of accommodating 5 or more dwellings), and small sites (those which are able to accommodate up to 4 dwellings). 2.2 For each large site with planning permission information is recorded on its location, planning status, land type, ownership and stage of development (outstanding, under construction or completed). This information is given in Appendix 1 schedules 1 to 15. Schedules 16-26 list further information on these sites including dwelling mix and sizes, density and site area. Page 1 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 2.3 An analysis was undertaken of all sites with a current planning approval. For sites with a detailed planning approval and outline permission information was recorded on their location, planning status, land type and stage of development. Small sites with outstanding permission are listed in Appendix 1 schedule 15. 2.4 The detailed surveys of large and small sites provide information on housing completions between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009. These are listed in Appendix one schedules 6, 7 and 8 (large sites) and appendix one schedule 13 (small sites). Appendix one schedules 16 to 26 also give more detailed information on completed sites, including dwelling numbers, bedroom counts and any demolitions that occurred due to site redevelopment. 2.5 Not all sites which receive planning permission are implemented within the three or five year span of the permission. Appendix one schedule 22 details the annual lapse rate of planning permissions. 2.6 Where appropriate, sites listed in the schedules are identified under the following categories: Greenfield land (G): Land which has not previously been developed including parks, recreation grounds and allotments. This category also includes land or buildings which are currently in use for agricultural or forestry purposes and land that was previously developed but where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape over time. Brownfield land (B): (also known as previously developed land) Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure, excluding agricultural or forestry buildings. The definition covers the curtilage of the development (see Annex B of PPS3). Page 2 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 The definition excludes land and buildings that have been used for agriculture, forestry and woodland purposes, and land in built-up areas which has not been developed previously (e.g. parks, recreation grounds, and allotments – even though these areas may contain certain urban features such as paths, pavilions and other buildings). Also excluded is land which was previously developed but where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape in the process of time (to the extent that it can reasonably be considered as part of the natural surroundings), or has subsequently been put to an amenity use and cannot be regarded as requiring redevelopment. Prior to April 2001, sites identified in Housing Land Availability Reports were classified as either greenfield or brownfield. Following the publication of new Government guidance on monitoring of housing land availability, sub-categories of greenfield or brownfield are now being used to provide additional detail on previous uses. Other abbreviations used in this study are defined in the glossary of terms section on page 198. Page 3 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 3.0 HOUSING COMPLETIONS 2008 to 2009 3.1 In the twelve months ending 31 March 2009 a total of 272 dwellings were completed in Malvern Hills District. Taking into account replacement dwellings, the net increase to the dwelling stock was 258. This is in line with the total annual mean average of 265 completed dwellings per year between 1996/7 and 2007/8. The 2008/9 monitoring period, illustrates 87% of dwellings were completed on previously- developed land. This is the District’s best performance since records began in 1996. On previously developed land Replacement Year Total Dwellings Number Percentage Demolitions Demolitions 1996/7 402 238 59.2 - # 1997/8 467 308 66 - # 1998/9 306 208 68 - # 1999/0 151 121 80.1 - # 2000/1 196 148 75.5 11 # 2001/2 184 133 72.3 18 # 2002/3 256 189 73.8 25 # 2003/4 273 223 81.7 12 # 2004/5 248 197 79.5 22 # 2005/6 178 134 75.2 10 # 2006/7 187 136 72.7 13 # 2007/8 328 261 79.6 23 # 2008/9 272 237 87.1 9 16 TOTAL 3448 2532 73.4% 143* * Total since monitoring period 2000/2001 #- no comparative data available Table 1: Housing Completions 1996 – 2009 3.2 As figure 1 illustrates, the proportion of new housing completed on previously developed-land has generally increased since 1996/7, a reflection of a higher proportion of completed dwellings on previously- developed allocated sites as identified in MHDLP policy DS5 (Housing sites within Malvern Urban Area). Furthermore it reflects MHDC’s Page 4 Housing Land Availability Study, April 2009 adherence to PPS3: Housing’s aim for a flexible responsive supply of land. 2008/9 87% 13% 2007/8 80% 20% 2006/7 73% 27% 2005/6 75% 25% 2004/5 80% 21% 2003/4 82% 18% 2002/3 74% 26% Period 2001/2 72% 28% 2000/1 76% 25% 1999/0 80% 20% 1998/9 68% 32% 1997/8 66% 34% 1996/7 59% 41% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Figure one: Relationship between brownfield (brown columns) and greenfield (green columns) net completions over time. 3.3 Of the gross total number of completions during the year, there were: • 59 dwellings (22%) completed on local plan allocated sites. This compares with 14 dwellings (4%) in the year 2007/8 and 0 dwellings (0%) in year 2006/7; • 122 windfall dwellings (45%) completed on sites of 5 dwellings or more. This compares with 115 dwellings (35%) in the year 2007/8 and a mean average of 132 dwellings between years 1996/7 and 2007/8; and • 91 windfall dwellings (33%) were completed on sites of 4 dwellings or less.