Draft Of Updated ‘Plan Teignbridge’ Evidence Received By Council

Draft Of Updated ‘Plan Teignbridge’ Evidence Received By Council

A newly updated independent report on the likely need for new homes in Teignbridge over the next 20 years has been received by Teignbridge District Council.

The Council recently commissioned Opinion Research Services (ORS) to provide an updated Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), a technical report which provides evidence about demographics, migration and the likely housing need for the future. This evidence is used to inform Plan Teignbridge, a draft 20 year plan for new homes, jobs, community facilities, environmental protection and more.

The most recent draft of Plan Teignbridge determined a need for 14,800 new homes over 20 years from 2013-2033. This was based on the original SHMA produced in 2007, which was used by several other local councils in successfully preparing plans.  It was last updated for Teignbridge in 2010. The new draft report from ORS shows a need for 2,400 fewer homes over the 20 year period based on the latest available evidence.

Today councillors met with the specialists from ORS to discuss the report and ask questions.  They examined the methodology and draft report and will consider the outcomes prior to ORS formally presenting its final report to the council. This procedure is standard practice for ORS when presenting work to clients.

A final version of the report is anticipated by early April.

Cllr Philip Vogel, Teignbridge Executive Spokesperson for Housing and Planning said:

“Our priority is to achieve a good quality plan for Teignbridge that delivers what is needed and can act as a material planning consideration.

“We will consider the updated evidence very carefully as we prepare the final draft of Plan Teignbridge.  The final draft will go before all councillors at a Full Council meeting and if approved will be presented to the public for their views.  From there we will need to submit the plan to the Secretary of State before an independent planning inspector is appointed to examine the plan in public.”

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For media queries please contact Tim Borrett, Communications Officer, on 01626 215164 or Tim.Borrett@teignbridge.gov.uk.