The West of England Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) was prepared by Professor Glen Bramley, Herriot-Watt University and published in June 2009. It covers the six local authority areas of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Mendip and West Wiltshire. The SHMA was carried out according to the Strategic Housing Market Assessments Practice Guidance Version 2 issued August 2007, as required by PPS3.
The purpose of an SHMA is to provide evidence on housing need and demand across a housing market area in terms of affordable and market housing, identify the housing requirements of specific groups and the appropriate mix of housing required.
This guidance note has been prepared to highlight the key areas of the SHMA for housing developments in South Gloucestershire.
The SHMA was approved by South Gloucestershire Council inJune 2009
Key Issues
Over the period 2009 to 2021 there is an annual need for 903 new affordable housing units in South Gloucestershire, and this compares to data provided by the Council which illustrates there is potential housing supply (both market and affordable) of 1112 units annually. These headline figures illustrate that to meet housing need 81% of all housing supply should be affordable housing (table 4.12 of the main report). The Council’s position will be therefore to maximise affordable housing provision on eligible sites according to policy H6 which states that 33.3% affordable housing will be sought.
For the full guidance notes please see the 'read more' section on the right hand side of the page.
The full assessment is available in the read more section on the right hand side of the page. It has been separated into its chapters and appendices. Please see the document called 'SHMA full version front page, index and introduction' to identify which part you need to see.