Monitoring

We are required to monitor the progress made on the preparation and implementation of the Local Plan.

Authority Monitoring Report

Our latest report, for 2022/23, was published in December 2023 and covers:

  • the progress on the production of Local Plan documents; and
  • the monitoring of a framework of indicators including the number of dwellings completed, affordable housing and the delivery of land developed for employment purposes

Housing Land Supply

National planning policy states that local planning authorities are not required to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing for decision making purposes if the following criteria are met:

  • their adopted plan is less than five years old; and
  • that adopted plan identified at least a five-year supply of specific, deliverable sites at the time that its examination concluded.

The Mole Valley Local Plan 2020-2039 was adopted 15 October 2024, so is less than five years old, and the Planning Inspector examining the Plan concluded that on adoption there would be a deliverable supply exceeding the five-year requirement by some 404 net dwellings (see paragraphs 154-156 of the Inspector’s Report). The Council therefore has an up-to-date five-year supply for decision-making purposes and is not required to update the five-year supply annually.

Housing Delivery Test Action Plan

The Housing Delivery Test is an annual measurement that compares housing delivery against the number of homes required. If the test shows that housing delivery is below the amount of homes required, depending on the level of shortfall, certain policies will apply. Where delivery falls below 95% of the housing requirement, local planning authorities are required to prepare an Action Plan to assess the causes of under delivery and identify actions to increase delivery in the future.

The 2022 Housing Delivery Test results were published in December 2023 and showed housing delivery in Mole Valley was below 95% of the housing requirement. For that reason we prepared an Action Plan in accordance with national planning policy and our Action Plan was published on 29 May 2024.

Following the adoption of the Mole Valley Local Plan 2020-2039, Mole Valley’s housing requirement figure in the 2022 Housing Delivery Test is now out of date. The Council is collaborating with the Ministry to recalculate the latest Housing Delivery Test with a new, up-to-date housing requirement figure. An updated position will be provided in due course. 

For more information, email planning.policy@molevalley.gov.uk.
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