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Background Information (Housing / Population)
The Planning Policy Section uses information from a variety of sources to monitor, review and formulate planning policies. This information is made available to the public, via this website wherever possible.
This section includes documents that provide detail on Housing in North Norfolk.
Please note: Some of these studies have been commissioned to formulate planning policy and may not represent actual District Council policy.
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Census and Population Statistics
How to find population and census information from a variety of sources.
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Housing Land Availability
North Norfolk District Council gathers information on the number of dwellings permitted, being built and completed annually.
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The Housing Market and Affordable Housing
This report deals with a study of the issue of affordable housing in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
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Urban Housing Capacity Study
North Norfolk District Council prepared a draft Urban Housing Capacity Study in 2004 in order to establish how much additional housing could be accommodated within North Norfolk District's urban areas.
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Settlement Planning for North Norfolk
Land Use Consultants undertook a study using a wide range of data sources to provide a spatial analysis of how the district works in relation to the rural/urban linkages.
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Statement of 5 Year Supply of Housing Land
The Government requires that Local Planning Authorities should ensure that there is a regular supply of land that is suitable, available and deliverable for housing development.
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Strategic Housing Market Assessment and Housing Needs Study
The Government requires that all Housing Sub-markets undertake a Strategic Housing Market Assessment in order to inform planning documents by better understanding how the local housing markets operate.
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Whole Settlement Strategies
The towns of Cromer, Holt, Fakenham, North Walsham, Sheringham, Stalham and Wells-next-the-Sea play an important part in a sustainable pattern of development in Norfolk.
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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)
More information on the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)
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Re-use of Redundant Buildings in the Countryside
Re-use of Redundant Buildings in the Countryside
Four out of five houses (80%) built in North Norfolk during 2008/09 were built on previously developed (brownfield) land. This is far in excess of the Government's and our target of 60%.