Policy information sourced from the Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan 2021-2038
LPRSP10: Housing Delivery
- 1. Over the plan period 2021 to 2038, provision will be made for the development of a minimum of 19,669 new homes in the borough.
Stepped Trajectory
- 2. To ensure a plan-led approach to development, the annual level of growth is to occur over a series of steps, aligned to the expected timing of delivery of new homes. This stepped trajectory is as follows:
| Years | Annualised Growth (new homes) | Total Cumulative Growth (new homes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1,157 | 1,157 |
| 2022/23-2027/28 | 1,000 | 7,157 |
| 2028/29-2032/33 | 1,150 | 12,907 |
| 2033/34-2037/38 | 1,352 x 3 years 1,353 x 2 years | 19,669 |
| TOTAL | 19,669 |
- 3. Appendix 1 of this plan shows the trajectory for delivering new homes over the plan period, including the breakdown of supply by aggregated source. This is a snapshot in time and delivery progress will be monitored annually through the Authority’s Monitoring Report.
Deliverable Supply
- 4. To help ensure the continued delivery of new homes, a rolling supply of deliverable sites is to be maintained in order to meet the total housing requirement (plus appropriate buffer moved forward from later in the plan period) over a five-year time frame (usually 1st April to 31st March the following year). This supply position is to be updated and published at least once per year, in accordance with the requirements of the NPPF and any associated guidance.
Maintaining Supply
- 5. Should the council determine, through the annual monitoring process that the housing delivery position has altered such that the NPPF ‘tilted balance’ is engaged (paragraph 11d, footnote 8), then proposals for additional residential development in the borough will be supported on sites where they are:
- a. the positive achievement of the plan’s overall spatial vision and spatial strategy; and
- b. In a sustainable location and of a scale and nature commensurate to the deficit in required housing and the Plan’s spatial strategy; and
- c. Able to demonstrate the ability to contribute in a timely and proportionate manner to addressing the deficit in housing supply; and
- d. In all other respects in accordance with other Local Plan policies, in so far as they apply.
- 6. If monitoring identifies that it is not possible to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable land for the Borough, and there is no recovery of identified supply indicated for the two subsequent monitoring years, then a full or partial review of the Local Plan will be implemented.
Designated Neighbourhood Areas
- 7. As a minimum, and as set out in the table below in the supporting text, Designated Neighbourhood Areas are required to accommodate housing from any site allocations within their designated neighbourhood area boundary (or part thereof), as contained in Section 8 and Appendix 1 of this LPR; plus, any additional homes assigned to them through policy LPRSP8 – Smaller Villages where relevant. Additional to this are windfall sites (including first homes, affordable housing exception, and older peoples housing sites) and any part of the garden settlements or Strategic Development Locations that fall within the designated neighbourhood area.
- 8. Any future Designated Neighbourhood Areas will be expected to accommodate, as a minimum, relevant housing requirements from:
- a. Site allocations within this LPR (apportioned where sites are partially within the designated area);
- b. Policy LPRSP8; and
- c. Garden settlements or Strategic Development Locations (apportioned where sites are partially within the designated area).
For more information, please visit Maidstone’s Local Plan Maidstone Borough Council Local Plan 2021-2038