Development

Local Development Framework:

The Housing Services Development Section are working closely with Planning Section on the Local Development Framework (LDF) section of Hart's website please follow the link for more information on the matter.

Housing Developments:

Hart District Council works with its 3 Housing Association developing partners to provide new affordable housing in the District. This can be rented housing or shared ownership.

Our 3 preferred developing partners are:

• Hyde Housing Association
• Sentinel Housing
• Thames Valley Housing Association

Rural Housing:

Hart is part of a group of 6 local authorities all working together with the Housing Corporation, Rural Housing Enablers and Hyde Housing Association to deliver rural housing through rural exception sites to meet the needs of local people. We have set a target of delivering at least 1 rural scheme per year through this agreement and in our Housing Strategy.

Research:

Hart has commissioned a range of research to help inform our housing developments:

Housing Market Assessment
This document looks at the local Housing Market and links to the Blackwater Valley Housing Market

Housing Needs Survey Update 2005
This document provides an update of the housing need in the District. Total Annual Housing Need is detailed as 426.

Developer’s Guidance for the Provision of Affordable Housing
This document provides detailed guidance for developers regarding the layout and size of affordable housing the authority and its partners wish to deliver.  

All of the above documents can be downloaded from the download section at the top right hand side of this page.

We have a target to develop an average of 40 shared ownership and 40 rented units a year. We have the greatest need for affordable rented homes and we aim to have more rented homes than shared ownership on new developments.

New affordable housing developed 2005/6;

New affordable housing with planning permission to be developed 2006/7:

Hart records the number of houses built in the area and how many it plans to build in the future in order to meet housing needs and Government targets. The diagram below shows the projected figures for the District to 2011.

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