Housing Delivery Test: 2023 measurement
The 2023 Housing Delivery Test measurement by local planning authority and a technical note on the process used in its calculation.
Applies to England
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The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) 2023 measurement is an annual measurement of housing delivery in the area of relevant plan-making authorities (non-metropolitan districts, metropolitan boroughs, London boroughs and development corporations with plan-making and decision-making powers), looking back over the financial years - 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.
Stakeholders will be aware that we are currently operating to a delayed publication timetable for HDT as a result of planning reforms and associated consultations. We recognise that authorities, developers and others rightly expect the HDT to be published according to a regular timetable. We are therefore, considering options for expediting future HDT collections, including the possibility of combining the data collections for the 2024 and 2025 HDTs. We will update in due course.
The HDT Rule Book sets out how the measurement is calculated.
Accompanying the measurement is a technical note illustrating the process followed in order to calculate the test measurement.
An authority’s measurement may be recalculated, and any policy consequences refreshed if they adopt a new housing requirement between publications of the HDT measurement (as set out in Housing Delivery Test Rule Book). Where this is the case, please contact the relevant authority for their HDT measurement.
The national lockdown, announced on 23 March 2020, was an unprecedented event which saw temporary disruption to local authority planning services and the construction sector. This is reflected in the 2023 results - we reduced the ‘homes required’ within the 2020 and 2021 year by 4 months in the HDT.