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Request reference number: FOI - 9441
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Good evening, hope you're well.
In the government's white paper 'Fixing our broken housing market', published on 7 February 2016, the government said "we are going to consult on a new standard methodology for calculating ‘objectively assessed need’ [as relates to housing], and encourage councils to plan on this basis. We will insist that every area has an up-to-date plan."
In the government's white paper 'Fixing our broken housing market', published on 7 February 2016, the government said "we are going to consult on a new standard methodology for calculating ‘objectively assessed need’ [as relates to housing], and encourage councils to plan on this basis. We will insist that every area has an up-to-date plan."
Government also said they would be "Holding local authorities to account through a new housing delivery test."
Please may I request the following information under the FOI act:
1) What information, documentation or consultation, if any, your council has received on a "new standard methodology for calculating 'objectively assessed need'"; and
2) When your housing plan was last updated, including a copy of the housing plan in question; and
3) What information, documentation or consultation, if any, your council has received on a "new housing delivery test".
Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any queries.
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FOI - 9441 response