Local plans for accessible housing
Case reference FOI2022/00211
Published 28 February 2022
Request
I am writing to request the following information on your Local Plans for accessible housing. 1. What is your current Local Plan for new housing? Please provide its name and dates. 2. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year). 3. Does your current Local Plan for new homes include a technical accessibility standard? 4. What are the technical accessibility standard(s) detailed in your current Local Plan for new homes? 5. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan to meet a technical accessibility standard? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year). 6. Under your current local plan, of the new homes planned to meet a technical accessibility standard, how many are planned to meet the requirements of: * Wheelchair design standard * Lifetime Homes Standard * M4(1) Category 1 * M4(2) Category 2 * M4(3) Category 3(A) * M4(3) Category 3(B) 7. How many homes planned to meet the above technical accessibility standards are council owned properties? Please provide a breakdown by each type of technical accessibility standard within this. I would be grateful if you could break down the data in yearly increments (financial year) where possible.
Response
1. What is your current Local Plan for new housing? Please provide its name and dates.
Current adopted plan in Herefordshire is: Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2011-31
2. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year).
Total housing target = 16500
The plan contains 5-yearly trajectory based on the following targets.
2011-2016 = 600pa
2016-2021 = 850pa
2021-2026 = 900pa
2026-2031 - 950pa
3. Does your current Local Plan for new homes include a technical accessibility standard?
No
4. What are the technical accessibility standard(s) detailed in your current Local Plan for new homes?
N/A
5. How many new homes are planned under your current Local Plan to meet a technical accessibility standard? Please provide a yearly breakdown (financial year).
N/A
6. Under your current local plan, of the new homes planned to meet a technical accessibility standard, how many are planned to meet the requirements of:
* Wheelchair design standard
* Lifetime Homes Standard
* M4(1) Category 1
* M4(2) Category 2
* M4(3) Category 3(A)
* M4(3) Category 3(B)
N/A
7. How many homes planned to meet the above technical accessibility standards are council owned properties? Please provide a breakdown by each type of technical accessibility standard within this.
N/A
I would be grateful if you could break down the data in yearly increments (financial year) where possible.
N/A
Documents
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