Policy information sourced from Wycombe District Local Plan

CP4 Delivering Homes 

The housing target for the District for the plan period 2013-2033 is 10,925 homes.

These homes will be distributed across the District broadly as follows:

  • Tier 1 - 6,350 homes at the urban area of High Wycombe;
  • Tier 2 – 3,200 homes, broadly distributed as follows:
    • 2,050 homes at Princes Risborough33;
    • 350 homes at Marlow;
    • 800 homes at Bourne End and Wooburn.
  • Tiers 3-6- 1,400 homes broadly distributed as follows:
    • 300 homes in Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish;
    • 160 homes in Great and Little Kimble-cum-Marsh Parish;
    • 940 across the rural areas, focused on the larger and medium sized villages (Tiers 3 and 4 of the settlement hierarchy).
  • Provision will be made to help address the needs for different types of housing including:
    • Provision of affordable housing of appropriate tenures having regard to the needs for different forms of affordable housing;
    • Provision of accommodation for the older people including through existing commitments, on sites allocated for housing and through ensuring new housing is more accessible;
    • 7 pitches to meet the needs of Travellers and 3 plots to meet the needs of Travelling Showpeople;
    • Seeking an appropriate mix of house types and sizes.
  • These homes will be delivered through:
    • Existing completions and commitments;
    • Allocations in this Plan as set out in Appendix D and in the Delivery and Site Allocations Plan, and shown on the Policies Map;
    • Allocations in Neighbourhood Plans;
    • Through windfall development, in accordance with other policies in the Development Plan.

Policy information sourced from Wycombe District Local Plan