Client: London Borough of Wandsworth
Location: London
Discipline(s):
As part of the London Borough of Wandsworth’s work towards their new Local Plan, GL Hearn's Economics team were invited to deliver a Local Housing Need Assessment in accordance with paragraph 60 of the National Planning Policy Framework. The documents set out the housing needs figure and identified the quantum of affordable and specialist forms of accommodation and market homes in line with Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). The study was highly cognisant of its London context, for example the different types of affordable housing set out in the London Plan.
Outcome
As well as providing the evidence to enable plan-makers to address each component of PPG in the emerging Local Plan, the Economics team were able to provide a document tailored to the Borough by gathering ward-level data to enable policy to reflect more granular contours of need. The study provided:
GL Hearn were very accommodative in working through the details of the assessment with us to ensure needs were fully addressed. Their competent set of skills and experience were exactly what was expected.
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