January 2015

Deliver 20,200 new homes between 2011 and 2031
Address the borough's need for affordable homes
Address the borough's need for homes of different sizes

Indicator 1
The number of new homes built in Croydon
Target 1
Annual average of 1,330 homes between
2011 and 2021 and annual average of 690 homes between 2021 and 2031
Indicator 2
Net additional homes by
Place
Target 2
There should be a higher proportion of growth in Croydon Opportunity Area, Waddon, Purley,
Coulsdon, and Broad Green & Selhurst
Indicator 3
Proportion of new homes by Public Transport
Accessibility Level (PTAL)
Target 3
Majority of new development to be located in PTALs 4, 5, 6a or 6b

The number of new homes built in Croydon - past, present and future
1800
1600
1400
In the mid2000’s the rate of housebuilding in Croydon was growing in common with the rest of London
1200
1000
800
600
The recent economic downturn had an impact on house building rates in
Croydon but they have since started to recover to prerecession levels
400
200
0
In 2013/14 a total of 1,297 new homes were built in
Croydon, the third highest total in London (after Newham and
Southwark)
Year
Net additional dwellings (with planning permission or allocated)
Total new homes already built
London Plan requirement (net additional requirement from all sources)
The Croydon Local Plan needs to allocate sites to maintain supply and help meet housing need and the new, higher London Plan targets

2000
1000
0
-1000
-2000
-3000
-4000
-5000
-6000
-7000
Cumulative Difference between London Plan requirement and actual completions of net additional new dwellings
The number of new homes built in
Croydon - surpluses and deficits
A legacy of low house building rates in the
1990’s was a shortfall of over 1,500 homes in the borough by 2004
In the development boom in the 2000’s the shortfall became a surplus
Now with the economic downturn and a
London Plan with higher targets a shortfall has appeared in Croydon in recent years
If all the homes granted permission in
Croydon were built then this shortfall would disappear by 2020
The Croydon Local Plan will need to allocate sites to ensure that a surplus is maintained beyond 2020 to help meet the need for new homes in the borough as otherwise the surplus will quickly become a deficit again

Net additional homes by Place
Between April 2011 and March
2014 the most residential growth took place in the
Places of Croydon Opportunity
Area, Broad Green, Coulsdon,
Purley, South Norwood &
Woodside and Waddon
Areas in the east of the borough and also Norbury saw the lowest levels of growth
With the exception of the higher levels of growth in
South Norwood & Woodside this is as planned by the
Croydon Local Plan

The Croydon Local Plan seeks to reduce the need to travel by concentrating development in areas with a higher PTAL rating
PTAL of total homes built (2011-2014)
PTAL of 0, 1a or 1b
12%
PTAL of 6a or
6b
26%
PTAL of 2
11%
From 2011 to 2014 the majority of new homes (58%) were in areas with a PTAL rating of 3 or below
The Croydon Local Plan will need to encourage provision of new homes in more accessible locations
PTAL of 5
6%
PTAL of 4
10%
PTAL of 3
35%

1%
8%
1%
3%
10%
7%
82%
88%
New Build
Extension of an existing home
Change of use of a property to a single residential use
Conversion of a property to multiple residential units
Most new homes in Croydon 2013/14 were new build and most were flats or maisonettes, with just 3% of new homes being houses
House or Bungalow
Studio or Self Contained Bedsit
51%
It is a requirement of the London Plan that all new homes meet the Lifetime Homes standard but in 2013/14 only 27% of new homes definitely met this grade
Lifetime Homes
Flat or Maisonette
Live-Work unit
27%
22%
Not Lifetime Homes Unknown

Indicator 1
The number of new homes completed in the borough by tenure
Target 1a
25% of all new homes to be social or affordable rent
Target 1b
10% of all new homes to be intermediate shared ownership
Indicator 2
Amount of money from commuted sums received and number of affordable homes provided from this income
Target 2
The total sum of affordable homes provided on site, on donor sites and via commuted sums should result in the equivalent of the borough-wide minimum provision on all sites with 10 or more new homes

Providing affordable homes in Croydon
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
% Social/affordable rented homes in year
Social Rent/Affordable Rent % target (from UDP/Croydon Local Plan)
Prior to 2013/14 the provision of social or affordable rented homes in the borough has been between 23% and 36% of all new homes and intermediate homes provision has been between 7% and
22%
In 2013/14 only
9% of for affordable rented homes intermediate homes
% Intermediate homes in year
Intermediate % target (from UDP/Croydon Local Plan) completions were and 5% were for
It is now known whether the low level of completions of affordable housing in 2013/14 is an anomaly or not as most affordable housing is provided on sites bought by housing associations after planning permission has been granted

Providing affordable homes in Croydon
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Cummulative % of social/affordable rented homes over period
Social Rent/Affordable Rent % target (from UDP/Croydon Local Plan)
Cummulative % of intermediate homes over period
Intermediate % target (from UDP/Croydon Local Plan)
Although affordable housing completions in 2013/14 were lower as a percentage of overall completions the total number of completions since 2011 still meet the targets set in the Croydon Local Plan: Strategic Policies for 25% of all completions to be for affordable or social rent, and 10% of completions to be for intermediate homes

Raising finance for new affordable homes
The Council has £2 million of money paid in lieu of on-site provision of affordable housing
All of this funding is from planning permissions granted prior to the new Croydon Local Plan policy being prepared and does not relate to the boroughwide minimum requirements
This money will be managed through the Council’s
Infrastructure Finance Group and the Housing and
Regeneration Service to support the provision of affordable homes in the borough

Indicator
The number of new homes completed in the borough by size of home
Target a
60% of homes outside of Croydon
Opportunity Area to have 3 or more bedrooms
Target b
Within Croydon
Opportunity Area
20% of homes to have 3 or more bedrooms

Trends over time
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
During the development boom in the 2000’s four out of every five new homes were one and two bedroom flats
% 1 and 2 bed homes % 3 or more bedroom homes
The proportion of new homes that have three or more bedrooms gradually started to increase between 2008 and
2013 but in 2014 the proportion dropped to 9%
Since 2011 on average four out of five new homes have again been one and two bedroom flats and the
60% strategic target is not being achieved

The size of homes built during the last three years
Over the last three years just under a ¼ of all new homes outside of the Croydon
Opportunity Area have had 3 or more bedrooms
Within the Croydon Opportunity
Area only 1 in 20 new homes built in the last three years have had 3 or more bedrooms
3 or more bedrooms
34
5%
3 or more bedrooms
550
22%
Outside the
Croydon Opportunity Area
Croydon Opportunity Area
1 and 2 bedrooms
667
95%
1 and 2 bedrooms
1945
78%
The proportion of new homes that either have one or two bedrooms reflects the market in Croydon in the late 2000’s
To help meet the need for larger homes the Croydon Local Plan will need to consider different approaches to increase the supply of larger homes in the borough in the future

Croydon needs more homes.
These will need to be planned so…
The Croydon Local Plan will allocate specific sites for development, particularly in
Places identified for growth, to meet the need for housing and maintain the projected surplus in supply
The policy approach in the
Croydon Local Plan will need to facilitate growth and not constrain it by increasing the burden on developers whilst at the same time ensuring Croydon gets high quality new homes
The amount of affordable housing built in Croydon at the moment meets the identified needs, however, completions in
2013/14 were low so…
The Croydon Local Plan will need to continue to facilitate the provision of affordable homes as now in part through increasing the minimum requirement for affordable housing outside the Croydon Opportunity
Area to 50% in line with increases in house prices in the borough
The proportion of larger homes built in Croydon is small relative to the need and demand so…
The Croydon Local Plan will need to allocate sites for larger homes to address the need and demand and…
The Croydon Local Plan will need to have policies that guide development and enable the construction of more 3 and
4 bedroom homes