SECTION A - 2008/09 ANALYSIS
1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
- This summary presents key statistics from the third survey of Planning Authorities on the amount of affordable housing provision granted planning consent during the 2008/09 financial year, and the three previous years covered by the survey. The survey records information on all affordable housing provision through the planning system - be it by public subsidy or developer contributions (either land/built units or commuted payments).
- The survey is a co-operative effort between Planning Authorities and the Scottish Government. For the first time, this survey covers applications in every planning authority, so these results provide the best reflection so far of the current position in Scotland.
- Planning Authorities were asked to provide information in a Register on each application with affordable housing provision, that was granted planning consent during the 2005-2009 financial years. This includes both full and outline planning consents, though every effort has been taken to ensure that where a proposed development has received both, the units have not been double counted. It is important to stress that this survey is of Planning Consents for new affordable housing provision. It is not a survey of newly built affordable units or units under construction, rather information is recorded on affordable units at the first stage of delivery, i.e. the granting of planning consent. Further information on the survey's background and operation is available in the Annex.
- Profile Pages detailing councils' affordable housing policies, along with illustrative information on ratios of house prices-to-earnings and new build rates etc are available through the Planning Statistics web pages at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Planning/Publications
Those examining the results of this survey summary for particular authorities may find it useful to refer to these Profile Pages for further context-setting information.
Chart 1: Primary Contribution Toward Affordable Housing, Scotland Totals 1
1. Bars representing 2008/09 have been highlighted.
The following main points emerge from the 2009 survey:
- An estimated 6,767 affordable housing units were granted planning consent during 2008/09. This is a 1% reduction from the 6,835 units consented in 2007/08, but compared to the three-year average of 6,676 units consented annually in Scotland, it represents a 1% increase.
- Looking at individual local authorities, there are large variations. The most consents granted in 2008/09 were in Glasgow (1,170 units, 17%), although this represents a fall of 39% of the 2007/08 high of 1,906 units, whereas in Moray, there were 523 units (8%) consented in 2008/09 which is more than the previous three years put together, and is the third most of all planning authorities. The second largest total is from Highland (722, 11%), and this is consistent with their totals from previous years. Section 3 contains further information on affordable housing provision by Planning Authority.
- Of the remaining authorities most have given planning consent for a few hundred units. Only nine planning authorities have consented less than 50 affordable units in 2008/09.
Table 1: Numbers of Units Consented, by Local Authority
Planning Authority | Total Affordable Housing Contribution (Units) |
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2008/09 | 2005/06 | 2006-07 | 2007/08 | 3-year average 2 | Change on 2007/08 | Change on 3-year average |
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Units | Units | Units | Units | Units | % difference | % difference |
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Aberdeen City | 321 | 51 | 88 | 174 | 104 | 84% | 208% |
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Aberdeenshire | 289 | 103 | 317 | 319 | 246 | -9% | 17% |
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Angus | 105 | 95 | 108 | 89 | 97 | 18% | 8% |
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Argyll & Bute | 193 | 264 | 77 | 195 | 179 | -1% | 8% |
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Cairngorms1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Clackmannanshire | 3 | 33 | 114 | 30 | 59 | -90% | -95% |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 411 | 265 | 118 | 157 | 180 | 162% | 128% |
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Dundee City | 85 | 127 | 244 | 61 | 144 | 39% | -41% |
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East Ayrshire | 50 | 52 | 195 | 127 | 125 | -61% | -60% |
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East Dunbartonshire | 72 | 0 | 126 | 30 | 52 | 140% | 38% |
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East Lothian | 163 | 0 | 51 | 92 | 48 | 77% | 242% |
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East Renfrewshire | 57 | 0 | 50 | 203 | 84 | -72% | -32% |
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Edinburgh, City of | 349 | 854 | 555 | 481 | 630 | -27% | -45% |
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Eilean Siar | 14 | 110 | 316 | 35 | 154 | -60% | -91% |
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Falkirk | 48 | 41 | 4 | 158 | 68 | -70% | -29% |
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Fife | 266 | 214 | 295 | 378 | 296 | -30% | -10% |
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Glasgow City | 1,170 | 699 | 1,035 | 1,906 | 1,213 | -39% | -4% |
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Highland | 722 | 735 | 714 | 585 | 678 | 23% | 6% |
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Inverclyde | 48 | 243 | 199 | 39 | 160 | 23% | -70% |
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Loch Lomond & The Trossachs | 17 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21% | 183% |
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Midlothian | 252 | 33 | 262 | 174 | 156 | 45% | 61% |
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Moray | 523 | 20 | 236 | 85 | 117 | 515% | 347% |
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North Ayrshire | 104 | 158 | 92 | 113 | 121 | -8% | -14% |
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North Lanarkshire | 283 | 172 | 344 | 65 | 194 | 335% | 46% |
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Orkney Islands | 5 | 32 | 61 | 19 | 37 | -74% | -87% |
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Perth & Kinross | 366 | 249 | 227 | 187 | 223 | 96% | 64% |
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Renfrewshire | 124 | 125 | 142 | 315 | 194 | -61% | -36% |
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Scottish Borders | 215 | 43 | 113 | 87 | 286 | 147% | -25% |
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Shetland Islands | 8 | 21 | 87 | 49 | 52 | -84% | -85% |
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South Ayrshire | 215 | 93 | 10 | 52 | 52 | 313% | 316% |
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South Lanarkshire | 42 | 246 | 250 | 235 | 244 | -82% | -83% |
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Stirling | 22 | 188 | 52 | 136 | 125 | -84% | -82% |
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West Dunbartonshire | 218 | 309 | 218 | 169 | 232 | 29% | -6% |
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West Lothian | 7 | 95 | 188 | 76 | 120 | -91% | -94% |
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SCOTLAND | 6,767 | 5,670 | 6,892 | 6,835 | 6,676 | -1% | 1% |
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1. Cairngorms developments have been recorded by overlapping authorities
2. The mean number of units consented annually from 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08
- 64% (4,363) of those units granted consent in 2008/09 are to be publicly funded ( i.e. no direct contribution from developers). This could include where a not-for-profit Registered Social Landlord ( RSL) intends to supply commercially raised funds. The remaining 36% (2,404) is split between a variety of provisions. This includes where a private developer has agreed to contribute land or units for affordable housing to a RSL (or other body) at a price that allows for the provision of affordable housing or where the developer sells discount units privately at a below-market rate (See Table 2 and Chart 1). This compares to the overall ratio of 73% publicly funded units for all years since 2005/06, which may signal a switch to a larger proportion of affordable units or land being contributed by developers. This may be as a result of the downturn in the housing market forcing developers to consider alternatives to their more traditional approach to selling their completed units.
Table 2: Primary Contribution Toward Affordable Housing, Scotland Total 1
Contribution towards Affordable Housing | Entirely Public 3 | Developer Contributes Land | Developer Contributes Units 4 | Developer Sells Discount Units Privately 4 | Other Type of Developer Contribution | SCOTLAND |
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Financial Year | 2008/09 | Applications | 166 | 51 | 36 | 25 | 26 | 304 |
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Units | 4,363 | 1179 | 593 | 118 | 514 | 6,767 |
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Hectares 2 | 104 | 48 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 198 |
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2007/08 | Applications | 187 | 34 | 51 | 14 | 21 | 307 |
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Units | 5,090 | 779 | 750 | 89 | 127 | 6,835 |
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Hectares 2 | 143 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 226 |
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2006/07 | Applications | 223 | 22 | 50 | 5 | 16 | 316 |
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Units | 5,354 | 562 | 864 | 25 | 87 | 6,892 |
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Hectares 2 | 164 | 17 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 226 |
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2005/06 | Applications | 195 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 268 |
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Units | 4,185 | 434 | 677 | 59 | 315 | 5,670 |
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Hectares 2 | 127 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 183 |
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Total | Units | 18,992 | 2,954 | 2,884 | 291 | 1,043 | 26,164 |
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% of Contributed Units | 73% | 11% | 11% | 1% | 4% | 100% |
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1. See Annex for further details on Contribution Types and the recording of Planning Applications
2. Figures on Hectares may not sum due to rounding
3. Entirely Public Contribution includes where a Registered Social Landlord intends to supply commercially raised funds
4. Developer Contributes Land/Units is where a developer agrees to provide built units to a Registered Social Landlord (or other body) at a price that allows for the provision of affordable housing
- In addition to the 4,363 affordable units granted planning consent, as described in section 5 below, a further 371 planning applications (the majority for market-price housing) contained a developer commuted payment for affordable housing in return for planning consent.