Housing Needs Assessment

Housing Need Assessments (HNA) contain detailed analysis of the housing market area, area profiles, population & household projections, and future housing need of the general population and specific groups. HNAs are key pieces of research that gather a range of information about the housing market and the housing needs of residents. Produced by Doncaster Council and peer reviewed by The University of Sheffield for consistency with other neighbouring authority’s HNA s (e.g. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley).

Key Themes:

1. OBJECTIVELY ASSESSED HOUSING NEED (OAHN)
2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED (AHN)
3. GYPSY/TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION NEED ASSESSMENT 2016 (GTANA2016)
4. TRAVELLING SHOW PEOPLE ACCOMMODATION NEED ASSESSMENT 2016 (TSPANA)
5. LOCAL PLAN TARGETS

Headline Findings:

• As a minimum, Doncaster can expect to have a baseline household growth rate of around 5821 additional households per year across 2015-32. This comes from the Government issued sub-national household projections (SNHP2012). However, given the economic growth forecasts for the Sheffield City Region and specifically for Doncaster, the number of additional households is likely to be higher than this.

• A revised methodology whereby backlog need only considers active bidders on the housing waiting list gives an AHN figure of 149 homes per year, which in turn suggests a policy ask of around 25% affordable homes for planning permissions of 15 units or more. This is very similar to the previous target which whilst challenging in some parts of the borough has been achieved elsewhere and provides a realistic starting point for negotiations around the issue of viability.

• Need for Gypsy/Traveller pitches is low over the next 5 years; specifically, the 5-year GTAN at the base date is -16 pitches, with a forecasted supply from council site turnover and confirmed sites of 77 pitches.

• The current TSPAN is -13 which equates to a ‘Surplus/None’ unmet need category. The surplus is mainly due to a lack of unauthorised plots needing replacing, a relatively low total number of households (& therefore low household growth), and the forthcoming supply of a site in Hatfield that will provide 18 authorised plots/yards.

• Over the Local Plan period there is an average annual need of 0.1 pitches per year (i.e. 2pitches / 15yrs). The average 5-year need over the Local Plan period is therefore 0.5 pitches/yards.