The facts on housing numbers are buried in two different documents. This page sorts them out.
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Houses and sites planned in LDF |
House Numbers |
Source of data |
| Total number of houses that have to be planned for between 2006 and 2026 |
6301 |
Core Strategy 1 |
| Completions 2006 and 2007 |
236 |
1 |
| Remaining requirement |
6065 |
1 |
| Total number of these that can be allocated to previously developed land (brown-field sites) or can be built on sites which already have planning permission. |
4566 |
1 |
| Remainder that will need to be built on green field sites |
1499 (a) |
1 |
| Capacity on possible green-field sites identified in the whole of the borough. (assuming an average of 40 houses to the hectare) |
2672 (b) |
DSHLAA 2 |
| Percentage of possible sites that will need to be allocated for development by 2026 if targets are to be met. |
56% |
1 & 2 |
Details of sources:
1. Core strategy preferred options page 28
2. Draft Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment page40
Where the sites are relative to Emsworth
| Possible Greenfield sites (No. of houses @ 40/hectare) | % | |
| A. In Emsworth Ward | 626 | 23 |
| B. In the Havant Emsworth gap outside Emsworth Ward | 408 | 16 |
| Total A and B | 1034 | 39 |
| Rest of Havant Borough | 1638 | 61 |
| Total in Havant Borough | 2672 | 100 |
Factors, such as environment, infrastructure and sustainability, now come into play and this is where we must make our case to reduce the impact on Emsworth. Many of the sites in Emsworth have severe disadvantages in terms of sustainability, especially with regards infrastructure.
The only fair way to decide which sites in the whole of the borough are to be developed is to look at each site and the effect on all these factors regardless of whose backyard they are in. Just because a developer has an option on a site and thinks he can make a profit out of it, does not mean that it should be developed. HBC is sure to be above this!
