ANGUS LOCAL PLAN REVIEW FINALISED PLAN - Angus Council

Affordable Housing2.21 The supply of housing land on a variety of sites allows the marketto provide a range of house types and tenures to meet the differenthousing aspirations of the people of Angus. However, the generalhousing market does not always meet the housing needs of everyone.2.22 Angus Council commissioned a Local Housing NeedsAssessment (LHNA) to assist the development of the Angus LocalHousing Strategy (LHS) that seeks to address the housing needs of allsectors of the community by a variety of housing providers.2.23 As part of the analysis of the local housing system in Angus, theLHNA sought to assess the current need for affordable housing inAngus as well as in each of the 4 housing market areas (HMA`s) -Arbroath, Brechin/Montrose, Forfar/Kirriemuir and the Glens, and SouthAngus (Carnoustie, Monifieth and the Sidlaws). The estimated need forboth social rented (SR) and low cost home ownership (LCHO) forms ofaffordable housing for each HMA over the period 2003 - 2008 is set outin Table 2.2 below.2.24 Taking the findings of the LHNA and the potential supply ofallocated housing land into account, Angus Council will seek to addressthe 5 year requirement for affordable housing identified in Table 2.2 overthe period to 2011. This is shown in Table 2.3. Implementation of theLocal Housing Strategy will include an assessment of the localrequirement for affordable housing through supplementary research at amore local level. The results of this research will be used to informfuture reviews of the Local Plan approach to delivering affordablehousing.Table 2.2: Affordable Housing Need in Angus - 2003-2008Housing MarketAreaAffordableHousing NeedExistingAffordableHousing LandSupplyAdditional AffordableHousing Sites RequiredSR* LCHO SR LCHO SR LCHO TOTALArbroath 0* 95 66 0 0 95 95Brechin/Montrose 0* 95 58 0 0 95 95Forfar/Kirriemuir &Angus Glens0* 100 105 17 0 83 83South Angus 330* 90 75 0 255 90 345* Mainstream General Needs Social Rented only. Does not include any requirement for SpecialNeeds groups or targeted regeneration of low demand stock.Source : Angus Local Housing Needs Assessment, 2003.2.25 The Angus LHNA identifies a need for LCHO housing across allfour areas, however there is only a shortfall of social rented housinghighlighted in the South Angus housing market area. Here the LHNAindicates a requirement for an additional 345 affordable houses (bothsocial rented and LCHO) in the period to 2008.2.26 Across Angus, particularly in the South Angus housing marketarea, a significant proportion of sites identified in this Local Plan forhousing development already have planning permission with noaffordable housing provision secured. Where circumstances change theopportunity to seek affordable housing provision will be pursued.Affordable Housing:Housing of a reasonable qualitythat is affordable to people onmodest incomes. The maintypes of affordable housing are:-• Social rentedaccommodation;• low cost housing for sale,for example sharedownership, self-build, orother subsidised ordiscounted housing for sale;• some private sector rentedaccommodation, availableat lower cost than marketrents, and provided by locallandowners or commerciallandlords.SPP3: Planning for Housing(2003)Low Cost Home Ownership(LCHO):Subsidised housing provided atbelow market cost available forsale or shared ownership.Local Housing NeedsAssessment (LHNA):A research process to providerobust and current informationon the Housing System inAngus. It looks at current andfuture housing needs andidentifies key issues within localhousing markets. The AngusLHNA, which was jointlycommissioned by Angus Counciland Communities Scotland wascompleted in November 2003and assesses housing need inAngus over the period to 2008.Local Housing Strategy (LHS):The Housing (Scotland) Act2001 requires all localauthorities to produce a localhousing strategy. The strategyshould outline how the localauthority, acting in partnershipwith housing and other providersand policy-makers will influencethe operation of the housingsystem in order to maximise thewell-being of its communities,taking account of the nationalhousing priorities set out by theScottish Executive. The AngusLocal Housing Strategy hasbeen assessed by CommunitiesScotland and approved forpublication in October 2004.Angus Local Plan Review26Finalised Plan