The HBF has replied to a letter from Epping Forest District Council seeking the views of the building industry in relation to realistically achievable build rates in the District in the context of RPG14.
The HBF has emphasised that the actual deliverability of housing sites will be dependent upon a number of variable factors. These will include:
·the size and scale of any allocation site;
·the necessity for particular infrastructure provision (which may restrict the ability of particular sites, or parts of sites, to be developed within particular timescales)
·the number of house builders operating on each site (on larger sites 5 or 6 different operators may be operating at the same time);
·tenure mix (the specific size and nature of each of the above operations - large detached, terraces, flats e.t.c.)
·the state of the housing market in general, and the ability of the local housing market in particular to absorb particular levels of development at any point in time.
For further information please contact HBF Eastern Regional Planner: Paul Cronk on 0207 608 5114 or at paul.cronk@hbf.co.uk
