The housing and economic development needs assessment (HEDNA) examines housing and employment needs within East Hampshire.
In 2026, an updated HEDNA report was produced to support the emerging local plan.
In 2025, the council commissioned a study along with four other local authorities that are split with the South Downs National Park. The study aims to develop a consistent and fair approach to estimating and apportioning housing needs for those local authority areas which have a proportion of their land area within the South Downs National Park.