HRABP - Draft 8 - Flipbook - Page 31
Year
2013/14
Total of units redeveloped
5
2014/15
25
2016/17
11
2015/16
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/49
p.a.
figure
10
11
23
33
33
30
5
Actually Delivered
1
0
Numbers of
Additional stock
Actually Delivered
1
Initial Growth of
development
programme
Sustained Growth
through 2022 / 2048
0
10
14
10
7
Initial Growth
of development
programme
Sustained Growth
through 2022 / 2048 average of new units
over previous 5 years
All the redevelopment and adaption work has been valued at an expected £55.9m investment
over the 30 years which can be viably funded through the HRA.
We have historically invested in carrying out adaptations to our housing stock to assist
our tenants to remain in their home. These adaptations can be minor (such as grab rails or
installation of a ramp) or can be significant (building ground floor extensions with bedroom
and en-suite facilities). An annual budget of £220k is programmed for the period of this
business plan (£6.6m).
3. New Development
The Council has an objective of developing new homes, both directly and by facilitating
other private and social housing developers, in line with the East Suffolk Housing Strategy. The
Strategy seeks to build 100 new council homes a year for five years. This is an aspirational target
that recognises the lack of affordable housing in East Suffolk and our desire to address this by
building housing that meets the needs of our community. The target is challenging because of
the lack of HRA owned land that can be easily developed. More widely, the limited availability
of residential land, the complexity of the planning process, funding arrangements and viability
issues all affect the timescale and amount of new development likely to be achieved. Though
the Strategy target is set for 6 years, it is likely to take longer than this to achieve, given the
status of existing projects and potential schemes in the development pipeline. The table
below outlines our planned programme to 2021 and the expected developments between
2021–2023.
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