Monitoring and information
It is important to track progress with the implementation of planning policies to understand if the policy outcomes are being achieved. Below you can find some of the more recent monitoring data.
Housing Monitoring 2020/21
The status of homes with planning permission on 1 April 2021 can be viewed on our interactive map. Use the filter command in the bottom right of the map to select completions, under construction or not started. Tip: You may wish to change your browser zoom settings depending on the size of your screen. This will make the text and images larger or smaller and fit the screen better.
We have published the completions data for 2021/22, but the supply data for 2021/22 will be published later this spring.
Housing completions
In 2021/22, there were 696 completions,continuing a downward trend following the COVID pandemic and the higher costs of building materials. Below you can see how these are split by local plan area:
| Net housing completions |
|---|
| Local Plan Area | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/22 |
|---|
| Bournemouth |
796 |
468 |
209 |
|---|
| Christchurch |
273 |
72 |
57 |
|---|
| Poole |
634 |
292 |
430 |
|---|
| Total |
1,703 |
832 |
696 |
|---|
Supply of new homes
The Government annually publishes the housing delivery test that sets out how we compare against housing targets over the previous 3 years. The requirements are set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The 2021 housing delivery test results show that the housing completions in the:
- Bournemouth area are 67% of the target - as this is under the 75% threshold, the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies
- Christchurch area are 94% of the target - as this is under 100% we are required to prepare a Housing Action Plan
- Poole area are 78% of the target – as this is under the 85% threshold, we have to apply a 20% buffer to the five year land supply.
Housing land supply
At April 2021 there were 6,991 homes (net) with planning permission but not yet built. There are 1,658 homes under construction. Below you can see how these are split by area:
| Housing land supply |
|---|
| Local Plan area | Homes with planning permission (net) | Homes under construction (gross) | Homes not started (gross) | Loss of homes and demolitions (gross) |
|---|
| Bournemouth |
2,677 |
468 |
2,329 |
-120 |
|---|
| Christchurch |
1,356 |
173 |
1,213 |
-30 |
|---|
| Poole |
2,958 |
1,017 |
2,104 |
-163 |
|---|
| Total |
6,991 |
1,658 |
5,646 |
-313 |
|---|
We are required to maintain a 5 year supply of housing sites. We have chosen to continue to calculate the 5 year supply separately for the three local plan areas of Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole until the BCP Local plan is adopted. We will provide updated 5 year land supply positions later in 2021. Below you can view the last published versions of the 5 year land supply (April 2019), including the number of years of housing supply that we can demonstrate:
- Bournemouth area - 2.3 year housing supply
- Christchurch area - 2.7 year housing supply
- Poole area - 4.1 year housing supply.
Below you can view:
Infrastructure funding statement
Each year we will produce an Infrastructure Funding Statement to demonstrate how what planning obligations (i.e. Section 106 Agreements) and Community Infrastructure Levy we have secured from developers and how we have spent it on infrastructure. This includes the funds available to local communities through the CIL Neighbourhood portion and how it is being spent. We have reported on the collection and spend since BCP Council formed in 2019, in the Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
Other information
Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) Bournemouth area 2017/18.