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Home > Key Work Areas > Regional Housing > Publications & Research

Publications & Research

Publications

Making the Case CoverpdfMaking the Case - 286 KB

The RHB has written to Government outlining the need for more investment to deliver affordable housing for the region. An extra £400m is required over three years to meet the target of 11,200 affordable homes a year set by independent inspectors. To highlight the issue the Regional Assembly has published its argument in a document called Making the Case

Councillors Toolbox CoverpdfCouncillor's Toolbox - 510 KB

This toolbox is designed to support councillors in the difficult decisions they face as members of planning committees. It is the result of many months' research that included a regional survey and workshops with councillors.

The toolbox has been produced to help councillors make well-informed contributions to the development of local planning policy and to assist their decision each time they are faced with a planning application for new housing.

Urban Housing Potential - Good Practice Guide Cover pdfUrban Housing Potential - Good Practice Guide - 807 KB

This report is a technical document aimed at those who prepare and use studies of urban housing potential.

Housing Needs - Good Practice Guide CoverpdfHousing Needs - Good Practice Guide - 734 KB

This is a technical document aimed at those who prepare and use local housing needs assessments.

Delivering Urban Renaissance in the South East CoverpdfDelivering Urban Renaissance in the South East (Report of Seminars) - 280 KB

This document provides a report of the seminars, entitled "Creating Living Places in the South East", which took place in the Summer and Autumn 2002.

Overcoming Financial Barriers to Mixed Use Brownfield Development CoverpdfOvercoming Financial Barriers to Mixed Use Brownfield Development - 373 KB

This document provides a report of the seminars, entitled "Creating Living Places in the South East", which took place in the Summer and Autumn 2002.

word documentConsultants Report - 389 KB

Summarises the findings of recent research undertaken for the Regional Assembly and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors that looked in detail at how financial issues have delayed major brownfield development schemes in five urban areas across the region.

Overcoming Financial Barriers to Mixed Use Brownfield Development CoverpdfBuilding the Evidence Base - 1.3 MB

DTZ Pieda Consulting has been commissioned by the South East Regional Housing Board to prepare an evidence base for the next Regional Housing Strategy 2006-2009. The first stage of the commission has involved analysing responses to the recent Green Paper consultation – 'The Key Issues'. This report provides an analysis of the findings of the consultation.

pdfTracking Progress of Affordable Housing Key Actions (February 2005) - 103 KB
word documentTracking Progress of Affordable Housing Key Actions (February 2004) - 114 KB
pdfRoger Tym Report on the Economic Impacts of Housing Affordability - 1.3 MB
word documentRPC Report on Affordable Housing - 500 KB
word documentRPC Report on Housing Supply (including Housing Supply Actions) - 234 KB

Research

Housing and Affordability in the South East

Market affordability is one of the factors that the Regional Assembly is expected to take in to account in determining future overall levels of housing provision. Planning Policy Statement 3 states that the main tool we should use is output from the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit's 'Affordability Model'. However, the model is generally not well understood and its outputs are treated with some caution by planners. The Regional Assembly therefore commissioned Professor Christine Whitehead to explain the thinking underlying the model, what the model predicts and what the implications might be in the South East.

pdfHousing and Affordability in the South East - 232 KB

Buy to let

The Regional Assembly commissioned research to get a greater understanding of the dynamics of the buy-to-let market in the South East region.

pdfBuy-to-let report - 756 KB

Sub-regional housing markets study

In May 2004 DTZ Consulting were commissioned to provide advice to the RHB on the strategic pattern of housing markets in the region.

Documents relating to DTZ research are available to download below.

pdf documentStatus of this Report - 48 KB
pdf documentExecutive Summary - 42 KB
pdf documentSection A (Summary Report) - 3.3 MB
pdf documentSection B - Commentary & Guidance - 437 KB
pdf documentSection C - Analysis & Hypothesis - 9.79 MB

Housing need and type and size research

As part of its strategy update the RHB commissioned research into Rural Affordable Housing Need in the South East and the Type and Size of homes being built in the region.

NOTE: The Housing Type and Size report by consultants was commissioned to inform decisions on whether action or regional policy guidance is needed on this subject. The Regional Planning Committee has discussed, but not endorsed the report.

pdfHousing Type and Size (summary) - 301 KB
pdfHousing Type and Size (full report) - 1.66 MB
pdfRural Affordable Housing Need in the South East - 2.15 MB

As part of the Regional Housing Strategy review process, the Board consulted on its proposals from February - April 2007. The consultation draft can be downloaded from the Regional Housing Strategy page. Please see the consultation timetable for further details.

Overcrowding

The following report, produced by the Regional Housing Forum, examines the effects and implications of overcrowding in the South East and its role in relation to affordable housing supply.

pdfFindings of the Overcrowding Sub-group of the Housing Forum for the South East - 153 KB

It makes a number of recommendations in relation to the planning system. These have been amended on further advice from the Assembly Housing Advisory Group reflecting local authorities Local Development Framework responsibilities.

Government has since published an action plan for overcrowding supporting many of the points made in the regional report.

Regional Funding Allocations (RFAs)

The University of Bristol has conducted research, including interviewing Assembly members and staff, to evaluate the quality and rigour of regional decision making procedures for RFAs in all English regions. It looks at how the different resource capacities and objectives of regional stakeholders are being managed in efforts to achieve integration between:

  • economic development
  • housing
  • transport policies
  • the extent to which regional policy making is underpinned by robust, inclusive and evidence based procedures.

English Regionalism: Rhetoric or Substance? Evaluating Decision Making Procedures for Regional Funding Allocations

Other research carried out to inform the development of the regional spatial strategy is available on our South East Plan website.

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