SLP KDBH Extracts - Flipbook - Page 67
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Reducing inequalities in the Borough
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Improving health and well being
Policy P5 – Provision of Land for Housing
1.
The Council will allocate sufficient land for at least 5,270 net additional homes to
ensure sufficient housing land supply to deliver 15,017 additional homes in the period
2020-2036. The allocations will be part of the overall housing land supply detailed in
the table below.
2.
The average annual housing land provision target is 938 net additional homes per
year (2020-2036). A trajectory showing how this target will be delivered from all
sources of housing land supply is shown below. It will be subject to annual review
through the AMR.
3.
New housing will be supported on windfall sites in accessible locations where they
contribute towards meeting borough-wide housing needs and towards enhancing
local character and distinctiveness. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, new
housing will not be permitted in locations where accessibility to employment, centres
and a range of services and facilities is poor.
4.
Housing will be provided as a mix of small and larger sites that will ensure a
continuous supply of housing provision throughout the Plan period, and a continuous
supply of affordable housing. Indicative delivery periods are included in the table
below.
National Space Standards
5.
In order to ensure that new residential development delivers appropriate levels of
amenity and a sustainable living environment, new homes should comply with the
nationally described space standards set out by Government.
Density
6.
The appropriate density of new housing will be based on a number of factors, and
measured on the developable area of a site. This will include site plots and estate
roads, but exclude land for other development requirements such as open space,
SuDS and strategic highway infrastructure. Density will be informed by the following:
i.
The need to maximise the efficient use of land;
ii.
The appropriate mix of housing in accordance with Policy P4;
iii.
Responding to local character and distinctiveness, including landscape and
townscape features, green infrastructure and heritage assets;
iv.
Scale, type and location of development, in particular with regard to
accessibility of services by sustainable transport modes;
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