London Borough of Southwark Five and Fifteen Year Housing Land Supply: 2018-2033 (December, 2019) Contents 1. Executive summary .............................................................................................................. 2. Policy overview ................................................................................................................... 1 3. Southwark’s Housing Requirement .................................................................................... 7 4. Five and fifteen year land supply methodology.................................................................. 9 5. Summary of housing supply in Southwark ....................................................................... 13 Appendices Appendix 1- Five and fifteen year housing land supply Appendix 2 - Approved planning permissions in the pipeline List of tables Table 1: Policy overview Table 2: Housing Delivery Test results for Southwark Table 3: Completions on small sites (<0.25 hectares) Table 4: Five year land supply (A+B+C+D=E) Table 5: Six to fifteen year land supply (A+B=C) Abbreviations GLA – Greater London Authority HDT – Housing Delivery Test LBS – London Borough of Southwark LDD – London Development Database LPA – Local Planning Authority MHCLG - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government NPPF – National Planning Policy Framework NPPG - National Planning Practice Guidance NSP – New Southwark Plan PPG – Planning Practice Guidance SHMA - Strategic Housing Market Assessment SHLAA - Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment 1. Executive summary 1.1 This report confirms that London Borough of Southwark has sufficient housing land to meet its five year housing target for the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023 and for the following 10 years as required by the National Planning Policy Framework. 1.2 The five year housing supply requirement for Southwark in the London Plan is 2,355 homes per year, which equates to 11,775 homes over the five year period. Due to an undersupply of homes over the previous three years, a 20% buffer has to be added to the five year target brought forward from later in the plan period as required by the National Planning Policy Framework. With the 20% buffer, Southwark’s 5 year housing requirement is 14,130 homes. 1.3 Following an assessment of the deliverable housing sites in the borough, Southwark meets the five year housing target with the additional 20% buffer, and exceeds this target by 4,585. 1.4 Based on the six to fifteen year housing requirement of 23,550 homes (2,355 homes annually as set out in the London Plan) for the period of 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2033, Southwark meets and exceeds this target by 7,062 homes. A full list of sites and planning permissions contributing towards the five year and six to fifteen year housing supply is set out in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2. 1.5 The reports that informed this paper were obtained from the London Development Database (LDD) and were downloaded in September, 2019. The planning application statuses presented within the appendices are stated as per their position in September, 2019. 2. Policy overview 2.1 Table 1 sets out the national, regional and local policy documents that were reviewed as part of the methodology to determine Southwark’s five and fifteen year land supply. Table 1: Policy overview Policy Relevance to housing supply National Policy National Planning Policy Framework Sets out the requirement for authorities to identify a supply (2019) of specific deliverable sites for years one to five with the appropriate buffer, and specific, developable sites or broad locations for growth for years 6-10, and where possible for years 11-15 of the plan. Sets out the requirement for authorities to add 20% buffer where there has been a significant under delivery over the previous three years. Planning Practice Guidance (2019) Provides further guidance on the five year housing land supply. Regional Policy (adopted and emerging) London Plan (2016) Target set for Southwark - 27,362 homes between April 2015 and 31 March 2025 (equating to 2,736 per annum). Emerging Draft London Plan (2019) Target set for Southwark – this is lower than the adopted target. 25,540 net homes to be completed between 2019/2020 – 2028/2029 (equating to 2,554 per annum). Inspector’s Report on the Draft London Target set for Southwark – 23,550 net homes to be Plan (October, 2019) completed between 2019/2020 – 2028/2029 (equating to 2,355 per annum) which includes 6,010 homes on small sites over then years. London Strategic Housing Land Sets out sites with housing potential in Southwark. Availability Assessment (2017) (SHLAA) Local Policy (adopted and emerging) Core Strategy (2011) N/A Saved Southwark Plan policies (2007) N/A Emerging New Southwark Plan Review of site allocations has been undertaken and Proposed Submission Version (2017) informs the housing land supply figures. Emerging New Southwark Plan – Site The methodology within this report has been used to inform Allocations: Methodology Report the residential capacity of sites where there is no planning application or permission. 1 Canada Water Area Action Plan (2015) Review of site allocations has been undertaken and informs the housing land supply figures. Peckham and Nunhead Area Action Review of site allocations has been undertaken and Plan (2014) informs the housing land supply figures. Aylesbury Area Action Plan (2010) Review of site allocations has been undertaken and informs the housing land supply figures. Emerging Draft Old Kent Road Area Review of site allocations has been undertaken and Action Plan (2017) informs the housing land supply figures. 2 National Planning Policy National Planning Policy Framework 2.2 Paragraph 67 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires local planning authorities (LPAs) and planning policies in their local plan to identify a sufficient supply and mix of sites, taking into account their suitability and likely economic viability. A supply of specific deliverable sites should be identified for years one to five with the appropriate buffer, and specific, developable sites or broad locations for growth, for years 6-10, and where possible for years 11-15 of the plan. 2.3 Paragraph 73 states that LPA should identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against their housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies or against their local housing need where the strategic policies are more than five years old. 2.4 The supply of specific deliverable sites should in addition include a buffer of 5% to ensure choice and competition in the market for land. Where the local planning authority wishes to demonstrate a five year supply of deliverable sites through an annual position statement, a buffer of 10% should be included to account for fluctuations in the market during that year. Where there has been a significant under delivery over the previous three years, local planning authorities should increase the buffer to 20% to improve the prospect of achieving the planned supply. The 20% buffer has been added to our target as the housing figures from MHCLG which informed the Housing Delivery Test set out that we have met 80% of our housing target and confirms this buffer needs to be applied to address the under delivery over the three years. Further information is set out below. 2.5 In the glossary of the NPPF, a site for housing to be considered deliverable should be available now, offer a suitable location for development now, and be achievable with a realistic prospect that housing will be delivered on the site within five years. Sites that are not major development, and sites with detailed planning permission, should be considered deliverable until permission expires, unless there is clear evidence that homes will not be delivered within five years (e.g. they are no longer viable, there is no longer a demand for the type of units or sites have long term phasing plans). Sites with outline planning permission for major development, allocated in a development plan, with permission in principle or identified on a brownfield register should only be considered deliverable where there is clear evidence that housing completions will begin on site within five years. 2.6 The methodology section below and appendices set out further details on the deliverability of sites and assumptions made in our supply. National Planning Practice Guidance 2.7 The purpose of the five year housing land supply is to provide an indication of whether there are sufficient sites available to meet the housing requirement set out in adopted strategic policies for the next five years. 3 2.8 The National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) sets out that where a local plan was adopted in the last five year or the strategic housing policies have been reviewed within the last five years and found not need updating, LPAs should use the housing requirement figures identified in adopted strategic housing policies to calculate the five year housing land supply. In other circumstances the five year housing land supply will be measured against the area’s local housing need calculated using the standard method. 2.9 Where there is a conflict between adopted strategic housing requirement policies (for example if a new spatial development strategy supersedes an adopted local plan), the most recently adopted policies will need to be used for the purposes of calculating 5 year housing land supply, in accordance