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Introduction

The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) is a technical study that identifies housing need and demand to 2026 across the London Commuter Belt (East) / M11 Sub-region.

What is a SHMA?

The SHMA was undertaken by ORS working with Savills on behalf of Brentwood, Broxbourne, East Herts, Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford Councils. It is a strategic study that will inform the Council's affordable housing policies at a housing market area and district level in accordance with Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3). Specifically the SHMA:

• Estimates housing need and demand in terms of affordable and market housing;
• Determines how need and demand varies across the Sub-region; and,
• Considers future demographic trends and identifies the accommodation requirements of specific groups.

Further work is currently being undertaken to test the viability of the SHMA findings. Both the SHMA Viability Study and the SHMA itself will be used to inform the Council's affordable housing policies in the East Herts LDF (Core Strategy and Site Allocations DPDs) and for Housing Strategy purposes. 

SHMA Main Report

Owing to the size of the final SHMA Report, it is available to view and download in 5 parts:

Part 1 [992kb]

Executive Summary

Part 2 [2Mb]

1 Introducing the Study

2 The Strategic Context

3 Identifying Local Housing Sub-Markets within the Sub-Region

Part 3 [2Mb]

4 Existing Dwelling Stock

5 Key Housing Market Drivers

6 Existing Households in Housing Need

7 Profiling Affordability

Part 4 [2Mb]

8 Housing Market Dynamics

9 Intermediate Affordable Housing and Local Incomes

10 Understanding Specific Sub-groups

11 Policy Issues and Implications Arising from the SHMA

Part 5 [727kb]

Appendix A: Stakeholder Consultation

Appendix B: Glossary of Terms

Appendix C: Recent Movers' Survey and Report

SHMA Viability Study

Work is currently being undertaken by Levvel on behalf of Brentwood, East Herts, Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford Councils to test the viability of the SHMA findings, in accordance with PPS3. It is anticipated that this strategic viability work will be completed by Summer 2010.

Further questions about Strategic Housing Market Assessment

e: planningpolicy@eastherts.gov.uk

t: 01279 655261