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Background:

This report provided details of the Council’s fourth Housing Delivery Test (HDT) Action Plan. It had been prepared in response to the publication of the Housing Delivery Test results published in January 2022.

The report stated that despite record high rates of housing delivery in Medway in 2019/20 and 2020/21, at 1,130 and 1,082 new homes, respectively, development in recent years had not met the defined levels of housing need. The Action Plan considered the factors influencing housebuilding in Medway and actions that the Council could take to promote and boost the delivery of new homes.

The report also stated that the new Medway Local Plan was highlighted in the HDT Action Plan as a critical means of boosting housebuilding in Medway. The publication of the draft Local Plan would be informed by a comprehensive Sustainability Appraisal.

Reasons:

Publication of the Medway HDT Action Plan, 2022, will enable the Council to meet requirements set by Government.