Emerging Local Plan evidence

4. Housing Needs Assessment 2024

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has commissioned Iceni Projects and Justin Gardner Consulting to prepare the Housing Needs Assessment 2024. The Assessment considers the overall need for housing in the Borough, including affordable housing as well as the needs for different types of homes; and the housing needs of older persons and those with disabilities. The Assessment also includes a Housing Market Area Technical Paper, prepared as a supporting document, in order to review and confirm the Housing Market Area within which Reigate & Banstead Borough sits.

The Assessment has been prepared to inform, alongside other evidence, the preparation of a new Local Plan for the Borough. The new Local Plan is envisaged to have a plan period looking to 2043, and therefore the Assessment considers housing needs over this period. It updates the 2019 Housing Needs Assessment report.

The 2024 Housing Needs Assessment and the Housing Market Area Technical Paper can be downloaded here: