47 Objectively Assessed Need for Housing PDF 2 MB
Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which provided a summary of conclusions on the Objectively Assessed Need (OAN) for Housing, as contained in the recently completed Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA).
In 2015, Halton together with St Helens and Warrington Borough
Councils jointly commissioned specialist consultants GL Hearn and JG Consulting
to undertake a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) to re-examine the
appropriateness of the Mid-Mersey geography (covering the three authorities) as
a Housing Market Area (HMA) and identify the OAN for the Mid-Mersey HMA and for
each of the partner authorities. A copy of the Topic Briefing Paper that had
been prepared for the website, setting out the various stages in the SHMA study
leading to the suggested figure for OAN for housing had been previously
circulated to Members.
The conclusion from the study was that
the Full Objectively Assessed Need for housing in Halton (assuming jobs growth
of 4,952) in the period 2014-37 was 466 dwellings per annum. In addition, the SHMA identified an annual
shortfall of 119 affordable units per annum across Halton.
Members were advised that the
Liverpool City Region had commissioned a similar report.
Arising from the discussion, it was
noted that a report on the number of housing units per acre being achieved at
current housing development sites in the Borough would be circulated to Board
Members.
RESOLVED: That the report be noted.