Boulmer, Howick and Longhoughton Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) July 2020 AECOM 2 Quality information Prepared by Checked by Approved by Tony Sloan Jesse Honey Jesse Honey Town Planner Associate Director Associate Director Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position REV 01 16/04/2020 Draft for internal TS Tony Sloan Town Planner review REV 02 23/04/2020 Draft for JH Jesse Honey Associate community Director comment REV 03 07/05/2020 Group Review AH Adrian Neighbourhood Hinchcliffe Group REV 04 14/05/2020 Draft review for TS Tony Sloan Town Planner Locality REV 05 28/05/2020 Draft review for TS Tony Sloan Town Planner Locality REV 06 01/06/2020 Final Issue TS Tony Sloan Town Planner AECOM 3 Prepared for: Longhoughton Parish Council Prepared by: AECOM Aldgate Tower 2 Leman Street London E1 8FA aecom.com © 2020 AECOM. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Limited (“AECOM”) in accordance with its contract with Locality (the “Client”) and in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. AECOM shall have no liability to any third party that makes use of or relies upon this document. Disclaimer This document is intended to aid the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan, and can be used to guide decision making and as evidence to support Plan policies, if the Qualifying Body (i.e. the parish council) so chooses. It is not a neighbourhood plan policy document. It is a ‘snapshot’ in time and may become superseded by more recent information. The Qualifying Body is not bound to accept its conclusions. If any party can demonstrate that any of the evidence presented herein is inaccurate or out of date, such evidence can be presented to the Qualifying Body at the consultation stage. Where evidence from elsewhere conflicts with this report, the Qualifying Body should decide what policy position to take in the Neighbourhood Plan and that judgement should be documented so that it can be defended at the Examination stage. AECOM 4 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Research Questions .................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Findings of RQ 1: Tenure and Affordability and the Need for Affordable Housing .................................................. 7 1.4 Findings of RQ 2: Type and Size .............................................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Findings of RQ 3: Securing a Local Connection ....................................................................................................... 9 2. Context .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 Local context ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 2.2 Planning policy context ............................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.1 Policies in the adopted local plan ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.2.2 Policies in the emerging local plan .......................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.3 Quantity of housing to provide ................................................................................................................................. 14 3. Approach ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Research Questions ................................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1.1 Tenure and Affordability ........................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Type and Size .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.3 Securing a Local Connection ................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Relevant Data........................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.1 Local authority evidence base ................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2.2 Other relevant data .................................................................................................................................................. 16 4. RQ 1: Tenure, Affordability and the Need for Affordable Housing ...................................................................................... 17 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Definitions ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 4.3 Current tenure profile ............................................................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Affordability ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.4.1 House prices ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 4.4.2 Income ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.4.3 Affordability Thresholds ........................................................................................................................................... 20 4.5 Affordable housing- quantity needed....................................................................................................................... 24 4.5.1 Affordable Housing Policies in Longhoughton ........................................................................................................ 26 4.6 Tenure Split within Affordable Housing ................................................................................................................... 28 4.7 Conclusions- Tenure and Affordability .................................................................................................................... 29 5. RQ 2: Type and Size ............................................................................................................................................................. 31 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2 Existing types and sizes .......................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2.1 Background and definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 31 5.2.2 Dwelling type ............................................................................................................................................................ 32 5.2.3 Specific housing types ............................................................................................................................................. 32 5.2.4 Dwelling size ............................................................................................................................................................ 33 5.3 SHMA findings.......................................................................................................................................................... 35 5.4 Household composition and age structure .............................................................................................................. 35 5.4.1 Age structure ............................................................................................................................................................ 35 5.4.2 Household composition...........................................................................................................................................