Rochdale Borough Draft Local Plan Consultation
Chapter 8: A Place for Homes
The following policies are part of the A Place for Homes Chapter. All policies within this chapter are provided below and we welome your opinions and comments. Please ensure you comment within the correct text box:
- Policy H1 - Delivering the right amount of housing in the right places
- Policy H2 - Delivering the right types of homes
- Policy H3 - Providing Affordable Homes
- Policy H4 - Meeting the needs of gypsies, travellers and travelling show-people
- Policy H5 - Housing for older people and people with disabilities
- Policy H6 - Homes for looked after children and care leavers
- Policy H7 - Houses in multiple occupation (HMO’s)
- Policy H8 - Householder applications
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Introduction
The policies in this plan seek to deliver the NPPF objective of boosting the supply and delivery of new homes. This will be achieved by ensuring that sufficient land is provided for new housing on a range of sites that meets the needs of existing and new residents within the borough.
The housing requirement for Rochdale up to 2039 is set out in Policy JP-H1 of the Places for Everyone Plan. The table below shows the targets for Rochdale over this period.
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|
Annual average 2022- 2039 |
2022- 2025 (annual) |
2025- 2030 (annual) |
2030-2039 (annual) |
Total 2022- 2039 |
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Rochdale |
616 |
568 |
616 |
632 |
10,472 |
In addition to providing a sufficient number of homes, it is important that those homes are of a high-quality and meet the varying needs of the area in terms of type, size and tenure. It is also important that the needs of specific groups are met to ensure inclusivity in the housing market.
The Council has declared a Housing Emergency and, as a result, the delivery of affordable housing, including social housing, is a high priority. Alongside this, the Council will continue to focus on the delivery of larger, family housing to provide a more balanced range of housing across the borough.
This chapter sets out policies to ensure that these needs are met as well as deliver the overall numbers of homes required.