We know how important it is for you to have quick and easy access to insights about a local area, inc. it's local plan.
You can access key insights to help inform your development plans, and provide a clearer understanding of the planning policy climate in your prospective sites locale.
How do I access planning authority insights?
This is available within the planning authority tool. Open the explorer to begin.
Visualise insights about each on the map
You can explore a local area using insights we have for each planning authority.
Boundaries - Show insights based upon the planning authorities current or prior boundaries
Presumption in favour - Visualise planning authorities based upon their presumption in favour status, using their current boundaries
Call for sites - Visualise planning authorities based upon whether they have an active call for sites, using their current boundaries
Find out more about each planning authority
You can access key information from each planning authority.
Adopted plans
You can see the date on which the plan was adopted, and since LPA's are required to review their local plans every 5 years, we also provide a status to indicate if the plan is:
In-date: under 5 years old
Out-of-date: over 5 years old
Soon to be out-of-date: will be out of date in 6 months
Emerging plans
We'll display a status which tells you if an LPA has an emerging plan underway, and the high-level stage of that plan. These are:
No emerging plan: no current indication that an emerging plan is underway
Emerging: an emerging plan is underway but in pre-Regulation 19 stage
Published: the draft plan has been published under Regulation 19
Submitted: the draft plan has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination
Where applicable, we'll also share publication and submission dates.
5 Year housing land supply
LPA's are expected to provide housing supply for five years. It's important for you to understand the number of years the LPA has housing supply allocated for, whether or not the LPA is meeting their targets, and since this data changes often on account of planning appeals or other changes, it's vital to know the date on which the position was determined.
Each of these points are displayed as:
Position: the number of years the LPA has housing supply allocated for
Housing supply met: 'yes' or 'no' to help you quickly understand if an LPA is meeting their targets
Position date: the date on which the position was determined.
Housing delivery test
On an annual basis, the Housing Delivery Test measures housing delivery to produce a percentage measurement of net homes delivered against the number of homes required over the last 3 years. You'll see:
Housing Delivery Test Measurement: % measurement
Plus, if an LPA does not pass the Housing Delivery Test, then they are issued a consequence and as a result, may need to take further action. You'll see the consequences listed below:
Passed: delivered more than 95% of the housing requirement, no further action required from LPA
Action plan: delivered between 85% and 95% of the housing requirement. The LPA must produce an action plan to lay out the steps it will take to increase their housing delivery
Buffer: delivered between 75% and 85% of the housing requirement. A 20% buffer will be added to the LPA's 5-year land supply and an action plan must be produced
Presumption: delivered less than 75% of the housing requirement. Presumption in favour of sustainable development, meaning all planning applications must be granted if they are in accordance with an up-to-date development plan. Exceptions apply where the site is protected under the National Planning Policy Framework or the adverse impacts of development significantly outweigh the benefits
Call for sites
This is where the planning authority has asked for interested parties to come forward to propose new developments. We'll tell you when it begins, ends, and where to submit potential developments.
Presumption in favour
Depending upon the status of the local plan and the planning authorities housing delivery test, there could be a presumption in favour towards development.
This means all planning applications must be granted if they are in accordance with an up-to-date development plan. Exceptions apply where the site is protected under the National Planning Policy Framework or the adverse impacts of development significantly outweigh the benefits
Where does this data come from?
We use multiple sources to produce this information, including (but not limited to):
UK Government: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
UK Government: Planning Inspectorate Data
Office for National Statistics
Public Local Authority Data
How up-to-date is this data?
Each of our sources refreshes their data on different cycles. As a general guide:
Adopted plans, Emerging plans and 5-year Housing Supply is updated monthly
Boundaries and Housing Delivery Tests data is updated annually