Policy information sourced from Thurrock Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development

CSTP1 - STRATEGIC HOUSING PROVISION

Thurrock is required to deliver a minimum of 18,500 dwellings between 2001 and 2021.The Council will promote a mix of dwelling types, size and tenure, to meet the needs of Thurrock’s current and future population. The Council will monitor and review housing land supply on a regular basis to ensure sufficient land is available to enable the following:

HOUSING GROWTH 2009 TO 2026

  • For the period 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2021, an additional 13,550 dwellings are required to meet this policy aim.
  • For the 5 year period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2026, the Council has made an indicative provision for 4750 dwellings.
  • The SHLAA and future reviews will identify deliverable sites for 5yrs and developable sites within 10yrs and 15yrs period that will underpin the AMR and Housing Trajectory.
  • Housing Sites will be allocated as part of the Site Specific Allocations and Policies Development Plan Document.
  • The Council uses a Managed Delivery Approach to the calculation and maintenance of a continuing deliverable 5-year housing land supply. This approach is based on a ‘plan, monitor, manage’ regime using the key tools of the Annual Monitoring Report and the SHLAA to monitor and review the Housing Trajectory. Through this process the Council will track the progress in housing delivery and the continuing maintenance of a deliverable 5-year housing land supply in accordance with the current PPS3 or its statutory successor.
  • The Council and partners will actively seek to increase the supply of deliverable housing sites where it appears that the five-year housing supply will not meet the required dwelling provision.

HOUSING DENSITY APPROACH

  • Proposals for residential development will be design-led and will seek to optimise the use of land in a manner that is compatible with the local context. The Council will strongly resist excessive density that would lead to a poor quality of life for existing and future occupants of the local area and would undermine the Council’s commitment of delivering sustainable neighbourhoods.
  • New residential development will be led by the design standards set out in the Layout and Standards SPD and the Core Strategy Policies.
  • Within the Borough’s Town Centres, Regenerations Areas, key flagship schemes and other areas with high public transport accessibility, the Council will, subject to other development plan policies, seek to secure a minimum density of at least 60 dwellings per hectare. Outside of these areas, a density range of between 30 and 70 dwellings per hectare will generally be sought.

DWELLING MIX

  • The Council will require new residential developments to provide a range of dwelling types and sizes to reflect the Borough’s housing need, in accordance with the findings of the Strategic Housing Market Assessment, any relevant development briefs, the local context, amenity and car parking standards.

LIFETIME HOMES AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING

  • The Council will require all future development to meet the highest standards of accessibility and inclusion. All new dwellings will be required to meet the Lifetime Homes standard.
  • The Council will seek 3% of new dwellings on developments of 30 dwellings or more will be built to full wheelchair standards.
  • The requirements for Lifetime Homes and Accessible Housing may be adjusted where the developer is able to prove that these requirements will be economically unviable, rendering the site undeliverable.

Key Diagram and Maps

Broad locations are shown on the Key Diagram. Sites will be identified in the Adopted Sites Specific Allocations and Policies DPD and identified on the Proposals Map.

For more information please see the Core Strategy and Policies for Management of Development