5 Year Housing Land Supply update

Group of Equans construction workers and a council officer standing in front of part of the newly constructed North Taunton Woolaway project.

The Government's National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) advises that Local Planning Authorities should identify a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide 5 years’ worth of housing against their housing requirements.

The purpose is to provide an indication of whether there are sufficient sites available to meet the housing requirements set out in adopted strategic policies for the next 5 years.

Where strategic policies are more than 5 years old or have been reviewed and found in need of updating, local housing need calculated using the standard method should be used in place of the housing requirement.

The current 5 year housing land supply position for each of our planning areas is set out below:

Somerset Council Planning Area	Former District Council	5 year housing land supply (years)	Position at:
North	Sedgemoor	6.51	1 April 2023
South	South Somerset	3.44	30 June 2024 (published Sept 24)
East	Mendip	3.68	1 October 2024
West	Taunton Deane (part of Somerset West and Taunton)	6.06	1 April 2024 (published Aug 24)
West	West Somerset (part of Somerset West and Taunton)	9.92	1 April 2024 (published Aug 24)