Wrexham Local Development Plan BP08a 2013 - 2028 housing open space employment community transport education Housing Supply and Delivery (August 2019) This leaŇ et is available in accessible formats Wrexham Deposit Local Development Plan 2013-2028 BP08a Updated 2019 Housing Supply and Deliverability Contents 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Purpose of the Document ............................................................................................................ 4 1.2 National Planning Policy and Relevant Evidence .................................................................... 5 3.0 Components of the Housing Land Supply .............................................................................. 15 3.1 Sites .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Completed Sites .......................................................................................................................... 18 Committed Sites .......................................................................................................................... 19 S106 Sites .................................................................................................................................... 22 LDP Allocations ........................................................................................................................... 24 3.2 Allowances ................................................................................................................................... 29 Windfalls ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Potential Sources of Windfall .................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Summary of Components of Supply ........................................................................................ 38 4.0 Delivering the Housing Supply .................................................................................................. 41 Housing Supply Trajectory ........................................................................................................ 41 5 Year Housing Land Supply Calculation ............................................................................... 41 5.0 Affordable Housing and Viability ............................................................................................... 45 6.0 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 48 Appendix A – Update to Potential Windfalls from Site Assessment Process ........................... 49 Appendix B – Detailed Housing Trajectory (Committed and Allocated Sites) ........................... 56 Appendix C – Housing Trajectory and 5 Year Land Supply Calculations .................................. 76 Appendix D – Housing Allocation Delivery Proformas .................................................................. 78 1 BP08a Housing Supply and Deliverability Wrexham Deposit Local Development Plan 2013-2028 BP08a Updated 2019 1.0 Introduction 1.01 This is an update to the paper that was published with the Deposit LDP in April 2018. 1.02 It takes account of responses received during consultation on the Deposit LDP, including representations from Welsh Government (regarding the clarity of the components of the housing supply and their spatial distribution which were not addressed as part of the Focussed Changes consultation), the updated Planning Policy Wales Edition 10 (Dec 2018) and any other anomalies. 1.03 All changes are listed as follows: Section 1.2 – Planning Policy Wales: updated to reflect Edition 10. Para 2.0.3 – Reference to PPW Ed 10 inserted Para 3.06 - Correction to figure. 11.4% replaced with 11.8% to match the footnote. New Table 4a – LDP Housing Components by Settlement Tier 2013-2028 to reflect Welsh Government representations. New Para 3.0.7 – in relation to Table 4a. Para 3.1.5 – updated. Para 3.1.6 – Additional text referring to committed sites being included in trajectory. Para 3.1.9 – Reference to Tale 4 inserted for clarification purposes about delivery of allocated sites. Table 6 – Llay and Ruabon moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2 to reflect the changes to the settlement Hierarchy as set out in BP02b. Table 7 – Updated to highlight the number of units that could be built beyond the plan period on committed sites. 2 BP08a Housing Supply and Deliverability Wrexham Deposit Local Development Plan 2013-2028 BP08a Updated 2019 Para 3.2.3 – Updated in reference to Table 10a and windfall completions by Tier. New Table 10a –to identify windfall completions by Settlement Tier. Para 3.2.5 – Updated for clarification. Para 3.2.13 – Updated to reflect revisions to Table 13 – amendments to known sources of windfall following consultation on the Deposit LDP as set out in updated Appendix A. Table 13 – Updated to reflect amendments to known sources of windfall following consultation on the Deposit LDP as set out in updated Appendix A. Para 3.2.15 – Additional text added clarifying that the windfall allowance refers to both small and large sites. Para 3.2.16 – Updated to reflect Table 13 and Appendix A. Table 15 – Updated to reflect amendments to known sources of windfall following consultation on the Deposit LDP as set out in updated Appendix A. Table 17 - Updated to reflect amendments to known sources of windfall following consultation on the Deposit LDP as set out in updated Appendix A. Para 4.0.6 – Updated to reflect revised 5 year supply calculations. Table 18 –Refined to reflect Welsh Government representation. Chart 2 – Housing Trajectory: Refined to reflect Welsh Government representation. Para 4.0.8 – Updated to reflect revised 5 year land supply calculations Table 19 – Housing Land Supply in Years (2017 – 2028): Updated to reflect revised 5 year land supply calculations 3 BP08a Housing Supply and Deliverability Wrexham Deposit Local Development Plan 2013-2028 BP08a Updated 2019 Appendix A – Potential Windfalls from Site Assessment Process: Updated to reflect latest evidence gathered from Deposit LDP consultation responses. Appendix B – Detailed Housing Trajectory: Reformatted and includes separate total rows for Commitments and Allocations by Settlement Tier. Appendix C– New Appendix C showing Housing Trajectory and 5 year land supply calculations. Appendix D – Previously Appendix C. 1.0.4 The Council is in the process of preparing the Local Development Plan (LDP) which will guide development in the County Borough between 2013 and 2028. The LDP will set out certain locations where new development, including housing and employment will be permitted, whilst also seeking to protect and enhance other areas from development. Once adopted, the LDP will form the basis of making decisions on individual planning applications in the County Borough. 1.0.5 This background paper is one of a range of papers prepared to support the Deposit LDP and provides further detail and context in relation to the Housing Land Supply and Deliverability. It justifies the approach towards the supply and delivery of housing land and demonstrates that it is effective and consistent with national policy. A separate paper has been produced on Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation1. Each background paper can be read in isolation or in conjunction with other background papers. 1.1 Purpose of the Document 1.1.1 The deliverability of the housing land supply is a key element of the LDP. In order to ensure that the allocated housing sites in the LDP are capable of development and can contribute to the delivery of the Strategy, sites have undergone stringent assessments2 to determine their ‘suitability’, and `deliverability’ over the Plan Period. In preparing the LDP, the Council has taken a significant number of sites into consideration, including, Urban Capacity Sites, Officer Sites, Candidate Sites submitted at the start of the plan preparation process and Alternative Sites submitted at Preferred 1 See Background Paper BP06 and BP06a. 2 See Background Papers BP04 and BP04a Candidate Site Assessment Papers 4 BP08a Housing Supply and Deliverability Wrexham Deposit Local Development Plan 2013-2028 BP08a Updated 2019 Strategy3 stage. The Council has also accounted for the site representations received at pre-deposit stage. 1.1.2 This background paper therefore sets out to: Clarify the LDP Housing Requirement and overall Provision as identified in policy SP1 of the Deposit LDP; Identify, explain and justify the components of the Housing Land Supply and demonstrate that sufficient land is genuinely available or will become available over the lifetime of the plan to meet the housing requirement and ensure the provision of a 5 year land supply on adoption of the LDP; Provide a commentary on the housing allocations identified in the Deposit Plan via a site proforma approach which sets out what is required to deliver each allocation; Provide a housing trajectory which clearly demonstrates the phasing and timing of the delivery of housing sites over the Plan period; and Explain how affordable housing will be delivered. 1.2 National Planning Policy and Relevant Evidence Planning Policy Wales (Edition 9, November 2016) 1.2.1 Paragraph 9.2.1 indicates that