FOI request (FOIR-697092548)

How many dwellings granted planning

Requested Tue 18 March 2025
Responded Wed 09 April 2025

Please can you tell me:

1. The total number of dwellings in developments that were granted planning permission by the council between 5th July 2024 and 4th January 2025, and how many of these dwellings are currently designated as being for social rent*? For the avoidance of doubt, please count individual units within multi-home developments as separate dwellings, for example, count a block of 20 flats as 20 dwellings, and so on.

* To be clear, we are asking for data specifically on dwellings that will be let at social rent, and do not want statistics on umbrella categories such as 'affordable'. This is the case for every question in this FOI request that asks about social rent dwellings.

a. If possible, please provide a breakdown of this data for each month, detailing the total number of dwellings given planning permission and how many of these are for social rent.

b. If possible, of the dwellings currently designated as being for social rent, please provide a breakdown of how many are one-bed, two-bed, three-bed, have more than three bedrooms, or have an unspecified number of bedrooms.

2. What is your policy on the proportion of units in each new development in your area that should be for social rent, and has this changed since 5th July 2024?

Response

1. Data is not collected in that way, please refer to our planning permission search facility available online at:

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/searching/

Zero planning permissions granted known to include social rent between the time period stated.

a. Not applicable.

b. Not applicable.

2. The Adopted Local Plan Policy for affordable housing can be found in the Hastings Planning Strategy online at Policy H4L

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/policy/adoptedlocalplan/strategy/

The Regulation 18 consultation version of the new local plan policy can be found online in Policy SP2:

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/policy/new-local-plan/localplanreg18/

The Local Development Scheme confirms the timetable for the next stage (Regulation 19) consultation of the Local Plan:

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/planning/policy/new-local-plan/localdevelopmentscheme/

No specific policy focus on solely social rent, tenure is determined through the planning application process.