The local planning authorities will identify sufficient deliverable sites, developable sites and/or broad locations for their respective plan period, to meet the housing requirements in the table below, and will incorporate additional provision to ensure flexibility and choice and competition for land.

Each authority will maintain a sufficient supply of deliverable sites to provide for at least five years’ worth of housing, plus an appropriate buffer in accordance with national policy, and will work proactively with applicants to bring forward sites that accord with the overall spatial strategy and relevant policies in the plan. The annual housing requirement figures set out below will be used as the basis for assessing each authority’s five-year housing land supply, subject to any adjustments in Section 2 of each plan to address any undersupply since 2013.

The authorities will review their housing requirements regularly in accordance with national policy requirements, and in doing so will have regard to the housing needs of the wider area.

For more information, please visit Braintree’s District Council Local Plan document here.