Some Lancashire councils will see their housing targets go up six-fold in the government’s overhaul of the planning system
The number of new homes Lancashire is expected to build each year will more than double following the government’s overhaul of the planning system. The county’s minimum annual housebuilding target has gone from fewer than 2,900 properties to just over 6,500 – a 128 percent increase of more than 3,600 dwellings.
Across Lancashire, Burnley will see the largest proportional increase in the homes it is expected to deliver annually – up by 567 percent – followed by Hyndburn with a 502 percent rise. Where have the numbers come from - and what do they mean for the greenbelt? The new, so-called ‘standard method’ used by the government to calculate housing need targets arrives at a figure by taking 0.8 percent of an area’s existing housing stock and adjusting that total by a formula designed to deal with local affordability issues.
However, a developer will be exempt from that requirement if it can show that fulfilling it would make their scheme financially unviable – the same caveat that applies to existing locally-set affordable housing criteria on new estates. Blackburn with Darwen “The government’s new national planning policy highlights the importance of having a robust plan. Earlier this year, we set out our ambitions in our new local plan.
“To help in delivering new homes, we welcome the government’s commitment to the provision of additional resource to support councils in the delivery of their local plans and the increase in planning fees and officers to improve capacity in development management teams in determining planning applications.” Council leader Lynn Williams
Lancaster “The city council commenced a review of its local plan for the district earlier this year and this process will continue throughout 2025. The new local plan will explore how much development, including residential development, is needed and it will consider where and how that development should be provided.
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