EHDC Five-Year Housing Land Supply Targets 2024-2029: (828 homes/year × 5 years) + 2,036 backlog

Annual Housing Requirement:

  • In December 2024, the Government set a mandatory housing target for EHDC at 1,142 homes per year.
  • However, legal advice suggested that, considering East Hampshire’s unique circumstances (e.g., a significant portion of the district lies within the South Downs National Park), a more appropriate figure might be 828 homes per year.​

The proposed adjusted figure represents a 27.5% reduction from the Government’s standard housing target

Five-Year Housing Land Supply (2024-2029):

  • Shortfall: As of April 1, 2024, EHDC reported a shortfall of 2,036 dwellings in its five-year housing land supply, equating to a supply of only 2.7 years instead of the required five years.
  • Delivery Period: This shortfall pertains to the five-year period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2029.​

📅 Over 5 years, you’d calculate total required supply like this:

(828 homes/year × 5 years) + 2,036 backlog
= 4,140 + 2,036
= 6,176 homes needed from 2024 to 2029

So the total five-year requirement = ~6,176 dwellings

And if EHDC only has land supply for ~2.7 years of that total, the tilted balance is triggered.

Long-Term Housing Target (up to 2040):

  • The Government’s standard methodology calculated that EHDC needs to plan for nearly 11,000 new homes by 2040.