favour of smaller bedrooms. dwellings to address This is supported by demand data which mis-alignment issues. suggests that, while there is strong demand for homes of all scales at county level, within the rural parts of the LHMA there is substantially less demand for AH of four bedrooms and above. As set out above, there is negligable demand for flats in the plan area; development should therefore offer 1,2 and 3 bed houses. Family-sized HLHMA, Local New housing should Given only a minority of people can afford housing Agent Survey concentrate on housing family housing in the plan area, it is families can both use imperative future development supplies and afford. housing suited to a but of a family’s needs, type and size they can afford. The ratio of dwellings sold to people outside the area supports the idea of a local needs policy applied to new AH. Housing for Census, Life-time homes policies The age structure, how it has changed over independent HLHMA should be considered time, and the composition of households, living for older suggest a need for ‘life-time homes’ style people development. This will help ensure there is adequate housing stock for people to downsize into, combined with a wide range of accommodation suited to family use. Specialist Census Not suitable location for The population size within the plan area housing provision of specialist does not support the delivery of specialist housing housing beyond general housing suited to the needs of the older resident. Within the LHMA, Leominster is the most appropriate location for such housing. Tenure of More households likely House price increases are likely to have housing to fall into need as a outstripped real wage increases, placing result of increasing greater pressure on people's ability to house prices afford housing. The widespread take-up of PRS suggests a PRS should be latent demand for discounted market encouraged given the housing and shared ownership products. role it plays in providing New development could include AH and allowing people (BTR); this is housing delivered by to remain in the area. specialist developers designed to be occupied specifically by renters, and
favour of smaller dwellings to address mis-alignment issues. bedrooms. This is supported by demand data which suggests that, while there is strong demand for homes of all scales at county level, within the rural parts of the LHMA there is substantially less demand for AH of four bedrooms and above. As set out above, there is negligable demand for flats in the plan area; development should therefore offer 1,2 and 3 bed houses. Family-sized housing HLHMA, Local Agent Survey New housing should concentrate on housing families can both use and afford. Given only a minority of people can afford family housing in the plan area, it is imperative future development supplies housing suited to a family’s needs, but of a type and size they can afford. The ratio of dwellings sold to people outside the area supports the idea of a local needs policy applied to new AH. Housing for independent living for older people Census, HLHMA Life-time homes policies should be considered The age structure, how it has changed over time, and the composition of households, suggest a need for ‘life-time homes’ style development. This will help ensure there is adequate housing stock for people to downsize into, combined with a wide range of accommodation suited to family use. Specialist housing Census Not suitable location for provision of specialist housing The population size within the plan area does not support the delivery of specialist housing beyond general housing suited to the needs of the older resident. Within the LHMA, Leominster is the most appropriate location for such housing. Tenure of housing More households likely to fall into need as a result of increasing house prices PRS should be encouraged given the role it plays in providing AH and allowing people to remain in the area. House price increases are likely to have outstripped real wage increases, placing greater pressure on people's ability to afford housing. The widespread take-up of PRS suggests a latent demand for discounted market housing and shared ownership products. New development could include (BTR); this is housing delivered by specialist developers designed to be occupied specifically by renters, and
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