LAA Priority Leads Performance Summary
Performance for the period April 2008 – December 2008
LAA Priority: Growth and Improved Housing
Priority Lead: Terry Huggins
Performance Summary
The number of new homes provided is measured within the three housing market areas
(HMAs) covering Lincolnshire. The LAA target is less than 07/08 performance and even
so will not be achieved. This is due to the housing market downturn.
The number of affordable homes for 2008/09 will be achieved but the predictions for next
year based upon new starts looks dire.
Current numbers of persons in temporary accommodation exceed the target but in the
absence of year end predictions from some districts it is not possible to say if the target
will be achieved – probably not.
Areas of concern
GOEM accept that the housing market downturn will affect NI 154 & NI 155 but we are
expected to have in place delivery plans and follow best practice. In the refresh of the
LAA the targets will stay the same but will not be “locked down” for reward purposes. We
will need to provide evidence to support a review of targets next year and these will then
be “locked down”.
The disaggregation of NI 156 to district levels resulted in unrealistic targets for some
districts and these figures need reprofiling as part of the refresh. The overall target is non
negotiable and comes from CLG targets set to reduce homelessness by 2010 to 50% of
2003 numbers.
Delivery plans are tied to the Lincolnshire Housing Strategy which is under development
by the Lincolnshire Housing Forum (LHF). It is this forum (or a sub group involving both
strategic housing and planning professionals) that needs to own performance for these
NIs. Whilst I have taken a lead for the agreement of the LAA and will see through the
current refresh responsibility for this priority area needs to pass to the LHF who are best
placed to give the leadership it needs. Subject to the Board’s agreement to this I will
endeavour to attend the next LHF and brief them.
Areas performing well
The Coastal and Peterborough HMAs have held up well for affordable housing for this
year. Anecdotally this is unlikely to continue but there is a reluctance to give forward
projections because of the uncertainty in the market place.
East Lindsey, South Holland & Boston Borough are exceeding homelessness targets and
their “stretch” can be used to re profile for those districts struggling to hit targets.
Missing data
Lincoln City & NK cannot provide housing numbers (see comments). There is a
reluctance to set quarterly targets and predict year end outcomes. I’m sure that the LHF
could resolve this.
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Local Area Agreement 2008 to 2011: Growth and improved housing provision - Summary Tables
LAA Priority 5 - Create better communities through growth and improved housing provision
TABLE 1 - LAA Priority 5 Growth and Improved Housing Designated Measures as at 31/12/08
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Worse than target Missing Data
Better than target range Within target range range Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
LAA2:P05.1:Achieve housing growth 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 100.00 2 100
LAA2:P05.2:Households in temporary accommodation 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 100.00 1 100
Total 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 100.00 3 100
TABLE 2 - LAA Priority 5 Growth and Improved Housing Non Designated Measures as at 31/12/08
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Worse than target Missing Data
Better than target range Within target range range Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
LAA2:P05.1:Achieve housing growth 1 16.67 1 16.67 0 0.00 4 66.67 6 100
LAA2:P05.2:Households in temporary accommodation 1 14.29 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 85.71 7 100
Total 2 15.38 1 7.69 0 0.00 10 76.92 13 100
TABLE 3 - LAA Priority 5 Growth and Improved Housing Tasks as at 31/12/08
Ahead of ?!
Plan/Completed Ahead On Plan/Completed on Behind Plan/Completed Missing Data
of Plan Plan Behind Plan Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
LAA2:P05.1:Achieve housing growth 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
LAA2:P05.2:Households in temporary accommodation 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
Total 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0
Notes:
Measures which cannot be reported against for this period are excluded from the tables above.
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LAA2:P05.1: Achieve housing growth - NIs
Measure Tolerance Planning Target Actual Direction of Year End Target Target Target Latest Comments
Type Pattern 31/12/2008 31/12/2008 travel compared Forecast 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
to this time last 31/12/2008
year
Lincs:NI154 Net additional Bigger is e) Quarterly ? ? PUN ? PUN 3950.00 3950.00 3950.00
homes provided Better
CentralHMA:NI154 Net Bigger is e) Quarterly ? ? PUN ? PUN 1830.00 1830.00 1830.00 Lincoln City
additional homes provided Better In June 2008 the Council upgraded its
Planning and Building Control Information
system from 20/20 to M3. There have been
various issues with the new system, which
have not made it possible to monitor new
permissions, starts and completions fully.
These issues are currently being fixed by
the system developers. Expected to be
collected during quarter 4.
North Kesteven
Unable to report - collected on an annual
basis only. Problems with reporting
quarterly through Tracktivity software
provided by Lincolnshire County Council.
West Lindsey
West Lindsey has delivered 146 new
homes towards this indicator as at Q3.
CoastalHMA:NI154 Net Bigger is e) Quarterly ? 574.00 PUN ? PUN 940.00 940.00 940.00 East Lindsey
additional homes provided Better The figure of 482 completions is exactly
the same as for the same period in 2007,
given the downturn in the economy this
figure is still suprisingly good, however it
means that the final quarter of 2008/2009
is very difficult to predict.
PbroHMA:NI154 Net additional Bigger is e) Quarterly 887.00 885.00 P02 1147.00 P01 1180.00 1180.00 1180.00 South Holland
homes provided Better The downturn in the housing market has
reduced housebuilding activity and
completions but performance is a little
better than expected, given the
circumstances.
Notes:
Designated National Indicators (NIs) in bold.
Central Housing Market Area (HMA) comprises North Kesteven, Lincoln City and West Lindsey; Coastal HMA comprises Boston and East Lindsey; and Partial Peterborough HMA comprises South Holland and
South Kesteven.
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LAA2:P05.1: Achieve housing growth - NIs
Measure Tolerance Planning Target Actual Direction of Year End Target Target Target Latest Comments
Type Pattern 31/12/2008 31/12/2008 travel compared Forecast 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
to this time last 31/12/2008
year
Lincs:NI155 Number of Bigger is e) Quarterly ? 666.00 PUN ? PUN 600.00 600.00 600.00
affordable homes delivered Better
(gross)
CentralHMA:NI155 Number of Bigger is e) Quarterly ? 168.00 PUN ? PUN 209.00 257.00 260.00 Lincoln City
affordable homes delivered Better 4 units completed to 31st December 2008.
(gross) 88 units under construction. 31st
December 2008 to 31st March 2014: Total
Affordable Homes Secured but not yet
started: 330 units. Total Affordable Homes -
Not yet formally secured: 490 units
(assuming 30% on projected completions
at NEQ and WGC).
North Kesteven
Robust start on site programme estimated
to significnatly exceed 50 target.
CoastalHMA:NI155 Number of Bigger is e) Quarterly ? 230.00 PUN ? PUN 159.00 144.00 157.00 East Lindsey
affordable homes delivered Better The figure of 223 affordable housing
(gross) completions is very good because
affordable housing is being strongly
supported by East Lindseys successful
Housing Capital Programme, with regard to
the final quarter of 2008/2009 the Housing
Capital Programme should deliver a further
45 dwellings.
PbroHMA:NI155 Number of Bigger is e) Quarterly 183.00 268.00 P03 408.00 P03 232.00 199.00 183.00 South Holland
affordable homes delivered Better We have been proactive, supporting
(gross) affordable schemes and are currently
above target. South Holland District
Council's own target is 130 for the year.
South Kesteven
Performance has been good, this could be
due to the current housing market.
Notes:
Designated National Indicators (NIs) in bold.
Central Housing Market Area (HMA) comprises North Kesteven, Lincoln City and West Lindsey; Coastal HMA comprises Boston and East Lindsey; and Partial Peterborough HMA comprises South Holland and
South Kesteven.
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LAA2:P05.2: Households living in temporary accommodation - NIs
Measure Tolerance Planning Target Actual Direction of Year End Target Target Target Latest Comments
Type Pattern 31/12/2008 31/12/2008 travel compared Forecast 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
to this time last 31/12/2008
year
Lincs:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 254.00 PUN ? PUN 205.00 158.00 132.00
households living in Better
Temporary Accommodation
BB:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 40.00 PUN ? PUN 63.00 49.00 39.00
households living in Temporary Better
Accommodation
EL:NI156 Number of households Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 32.00 PUN ? PUN 73.00 56.00 45.00 We have already met the government
living in Temporary Better target and are well on track to beat the
Accommodation management figure of 37.
LC:NI156 Number of households Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 37.00 PUN ? PUN 5.00 4.00 4.00 Performance has continued to improve
living in Temporary Better from quarter 1 with the quarter 3 outturn
Accommodation achieving 37. The local target for this
indicator is 50.
NK:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 54.00 PUN 40.00 P01 16.00 12.00 12.00
households living in Temporary Better
Accommodation
SH:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly 33.00 21.00 P03 22.00 P03 33.00 26.00 20.00 Our prevention performance has helped to
households living in Temporary Better reduce use of temporary accommodation
Accommodation against our 2010 target quicker than
originally planned.
SK:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 60.00 PUN 50.00 P01 10.00 8.00 8.00 Extra effort has been put into converting
households living in Temporary Better existing non-secure tenancies to secure
Accommodation tenancies thus enabling us to discharge the
relevant homeless duty. We continue to
focus our effort on those cases that we are
able to convert. We are hopeful of reducing
the total to 50 by the year end.
WL:NI156 Number of Smaller is e) Quarterly ? 10.00 PUN ? PUN 5.00 4.00 4.00
households living in Temporary Better
Accommodation
Notes:
Designated National Indicators (NIs) in bold.
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