Government guidance on housing and planning has emphasised the requirement for local authorities to assess housing need, create complementary strategies to address it and to co-ordinate effort in a corporate approach to their strategic and enabling role.

In July 2002 East Hampshire District Council commissioned a consultant, David Couttie Associates (DCA) to undertake a District-Wide Housing Needs Assessment and projection of housing need, as the basic building block in informing housing, planning and care strategies for the future.

The survey was conducted as a combined study with Test Valley Borough Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, and Winchester City Council.

The assessment process was conducted to ensure that it was rigorous and able to withstand scrutiny, as outlined  by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in Circular 6/98 , in the Revision of Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 issued in March 2000 and the Good Practice Guidance on Local Housing Needs Assessment issued in August 2000.

The key objectives of the study were to:-

 The findings from the survey can be found here

 

Housing Market Assessment  The Council has also recently comissioned a Housing Market Assessment.  Use this link to view the report   East Hampshire housing market report   

You can e-mail the housing team on support.team@easthants.gov.uk