Issue - meetings
Five-Year Housing Land Supply Position (2025-2030)
Meeting: 06/10/2025 - Cabinet (Item 57)
57 Five-Year Housing Land Supply Position (2025-2030) 
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Executive Summary |
This report sets out the Council’s latest five-year housing land supply position as at 31 March 2025. Based on the standard method (2021 NPPF, transitional), the Council can demonstrate a 7.3 year supply. When assessed against the emerging Local Plan requirement, the supply is 7.0 years. Both figures confirm a deliverable supply well in excess of the minimum, ensuring full weight can be given to Local Plan policies in decision-making.
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Options considered
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There are no alternative options. The Council is required by national policy to monitor and publish its five-year housing land supply position annually.
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Consultation(s) |
No internal or external consultation has been necessary. The Five-Year Housing Land Supply Statement is a factual monitoring report prepared in accordance with national policy requirements.
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Recommendations
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That Cabinet:
1. Notes the Council’s five-year housing land supply position (7.3 years against the standard method; 7.0 years against the emerging Local Plan requirement). 2. Agrees that the position statement be published and used in decision-making.
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Reasons for recommendations
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· To comply with the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to identify and update annually a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites. · To provide clarity and certainty for planning decision-making. · To confirm that the Council is not subject to the NPPF’s “presumption in favour of sustainable development” which applies where a five-year supply cannot be demonstrated.
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Background papers
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Five-Year Housing Land Supply Statement 2025–2030 (North Norfolk District Council, September 2025)
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Wards affected |
All |
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Cabinet member(s) |
Cllr Andrew Brown |
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Contact Officer(s) |
Sarah Tudhope, Senior Planning Officer (author) sarah.tudhope@north-norfolk.gov.uk Iain Withington, Planning Policy Manager |
Additional documents:
Decision:
Decision
RESOLVED
That the position statement be published and used in decision-making
Reason for the decision:
· To comply with the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to identify and update annually a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites.
· To provide clarity and certainty for planning decision-making.
· To confirm that the Council is not subject to the NPPF’s “presumption in favour of sustainable development” which applies where a five-year supply cannot be demonstrated.
Minutes:
In the absence of the Portfolio Holder for Planning, Cllr J Toye introduced this item.
He read out a short statement on Cllr Brown’s behalf which thanked officers for their hard work. He then explained that last year the Council had less than a 4 year supply which exposed the current plan to pressure from the Government requiring the Council’s planner to apply the presumption of sustainable development which made it harder to resist applications from developers. Thanks to the Planning Policy Team, the Council now had a 7.3 year supply. This safeguarded against future under-delivery of homes and ensured that housing numbers would be provided in desirable locations.
It was proposed by Cllr J Toye, seconded by Cllr T Adams and
RESOLVED
That the position statement be published and used in decision-making
Reason for the decision:
· To comply with the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to identify and update annually a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites.
· To provide clarity and certainty for planning decision-making.
· To confirm that the Council is not subject to the NPPF’s “presumption in favour of sustainable development” which applies where a five-year supply cannot be demonstrated.