17th January 2022
Housing Delivery Test results
The Housing Delivery Test results have been published by the Government. For a quick comparison between the 2020 and 2021 results see the table below. The right-hand column shows in red which LPAs have delivered less than 75% of their housing requirement in the past 3 years and are now caught by the 'presumption in favour of sustainable development' as per footnote 8 in NPPF paragraph 11.
Please note the Government have changed the rules so the HDT measurement is now 3 years housing delivery divided by 2 years 7 months requirement (ie. assumes 5 months of zero requirement) to allow for the pandemic.
| Local Planning Authority | HDT 2020 measurement | Housing Delivery Test: 2020 consequence | HDT 2021 measurement | Housing Delivery Test: 2021 consequence |
| Adur | 48% | Presumption | 77% | Buffer |
| Allerdale | 328% | None | 308% | None |
| Amber Valley | 155% | None | 157% | None |
| Arun | 61% | Presumption | 65% | Presumption |
| Ashfield | 65% | Presumption | 66% | Presumption |
| Ashford | 90% | Action plan | 118% | None |
| Aylesbury Vale* | 128% | None | ||
| Babergh | 118% | None | 141% | None |
| Barking and Dagenham | 57% | Presumption | 66% | Presumption |
| Barnet | 94% | Action plan | 108% | None |
| Barnsley | 117% | None | 113% | None |
| Barrow-in-Furness | - | None | - | None |
| Basildon | 45% | Presumption | 41% | Presumption |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 151% | None | 182% | None |
| Bassetlaw | 196% | None | 248% | None |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 222% | None | 184% | None |
| Bedford | 133% | None | 144% | None |
| Bexley | 81% | Buffer | 93% | Action plan |
| Birmingham | 152% | None | 167% | None |
| Blaby | 163% | None | 140% | None |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 234% | None | 313% | None |
| Blackpool | 324% | None | 295% | None |
| Bolsover | 145% | None | 196% | None |
| Bolton | 66% | Presumption | 77% | Buffer |
| Boston | 156% | None | 159% | None |
| Bournemouth | 75% | Buffer | 67% | Presumption |
| Bracknell Forest | 174% | None | 217% | None |
| Bradford | 90% | Action plan | 74% | Presumption |
| Braintree | 85% | Action plan | 125% | None |
| Breckland | 110% | None | 120% | None |
| Brent | 120% | None | 138% | None |
| Brentwood | 69% | Presumption | 66% | Presumption |
| Brighton and Hove | 108% | None | 136% | None |
| Bristol, City of | 72% | Presumption | 74% | Presumption |
| Broadland | 133% | None | 132% | None |
| Bromley | 95% | None | 89% | Action plan |
| Bromsgrove | 69% | Presumption | 44% | Presumption |
| Broxbourne | 74% | Presumption | 72% | Presumption |
| Broxtowe | 83% | Buffer | 85% | Action plan |
| Buckinghamshire* | 107% | None | ||
| Burnley | 392% | None | 434% | None |
| Bury | 52% | Presumption | 52% | Presumption |
| Calderdale | 50% | Presumption | 55% | Presumption |
| Cambridge | 176% | None | 133% | None |
| Camden | 79% | Buffer | 76% | Buffer |
| Cannock Chase | 254% | None | 231% | None |
| Canterbury | 87% | Action plan | 65% | Presumption |
| Carlisle | 316% | None | 346% | None |
| Castle Point | 48% | Presumption | 49% | Presumption |
| Central Bedfordshire | 107% | None | 137% | None |
| Charnwood | 135% | None | 145% | None |
| Chelmsford | 139% | None | 140% | None |
| Cheltenham | 191% | None | 156% | None |
| Cherwell | 202% | None | 153% | None |
| Cheshire East | 278% | None | 300% | None |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 383% | None | 340% | None |
| Chesterfield | 91% | Action plan | 129% | None |
| Chichester | 143% | None | 136% | None |
| Chiltern* | 89% | Action plan | ||
| Chorley | 115% | None | 141% | None |
| Christchurch | 91% | Action plan | 94% | Action plan |
| City of London | 238% | None | 296% | None |
| Colchester | 113% | None | 134% | None |
| Copeland | 692% | None | 932% | None |
| Corby | 122% | None | 120% | None |
| Cornwall | 133% | None | 131% | None |
| Cotswold | 186% | None | 138% | None |
| County Durham | 133% | None | 145% | None |
| Coventry | 158% | None | 217% | None |
| Craven | 191% | None | 188% | None |
| Crawley | 252% | None | 406% | None |
| Croydon | 112% | None | 128% | None |
| Dacorum | 89% | Action plan | 87% | Action plan |
| Darlington | 340% | None | 382% | None |
| Dartford | 121% | None | 105% | None |
| Daventry | 114% | None | 109% | None |
| Derby | 129% | None | 128% | None |
| Derbyshire Dales | 187% | None | 202% | None |
| Doncaster | 232% | None | 229% | None |
| Dover | 80% | Buffer | 88% | Action plan |
| Dudley | 126% | None | 128% | None |
| Ealing | 135% | None | 122% | None |
| East Cambridgeshire | 87% | Action plan | 95% | None |
| East Devon | 122% | None | 123% | None |
| East Dorset | 91% | Action plan | 94% | Action plan |
| East Hampshire | 181% | None | 138% | None |
| East Hertfordshire | 104% | None | 130% | None |
| East Lindsey | 130% | None | 136% | None |
| East Northamptonshire | 97% | None | 108% | None |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 146% | None | 173% | None |
| East Staffordshire | 186% | None | 201% | None |
| East Suffolk | 109% | None | 107% | None |
| Eastbourne | 29% | Presumption | 32% | Presumption |
| Eastleigh | 173% | None | 178% | None |
| Eden | 313% | None | 367% | None |
| Elmbridge | 58% | Presumption | 70% | Presumption |
| Enfield | 56% | Presumption | 67% | Presumption |
| Epping Forest | 49% | Presumption | 35% | Presumption |
| Epsom and Ewell | 34% | Presumption | 35% | Presumption |
| Erewash | 69% | Presumption | 79% | Buffer |
| Exeter | 153% | None | 155% | None |
| Fareham | 79% | Buffer | 62% | Presumption |
| Fenland | 98% | None | 95% | None |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 91% | Action plan | 85% | Action plan |
| Forest of Dean | 94% | Action plan | 113% | None |
| Fylde | 202% | None | 194% | None |
| Gateshead | 63% | Presumption | 87% | Action plan |
| Gedling | 68% | Presumption | 85% | Action plan |
| Gloucester | 146% | None | 164% | None |
| Gosport | 84% | Buffer | 100% | None |
| Gravesham | 70% | Presumption | 57% | Presumption |
| Great Yarmouth | 104% | None | 141% | None |
| Greenwich | 90% | Action plan | 80% | Buffer |
| Guildford | 90% | Action plan | 144% | None |
| Hackney | 90% | Action plan | 96% | None |
| Halton | 207% | None | 196% | None |
| Hambleton | 265% | None | 319% | None |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 145% | None | 106% | None |
| Harborough | 156% | None | 191% | None |
| Haringey | 60% | Presumption | 75% | Buffer |
| Harlow | 134% | None | 208% | None |
| Harrogate | 229% | None | 266% | None |
| Harrow | 189% | None | 179% | None |
| Hart | 201% | None | 210% | None |
| Hartlepool | 160% | None | 163% | None |
| Hastings | 55% | Presumption | 42% | Presumption |
| Havant | 72% | Presumption | 74% | Presumption |
| Havering | 36% | Presumption | 46% | Presumption |
| Herefordshire, County of | 106% | None | 103% | None |
| Hertsmere | 102% | None | 88% | Action plan |
| High Peak | 159% | None | 135% | None |
| Hillingdon | 235% | None | 173% | None |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 92% | Action plan | 86% | Action plan |
| Horsham | 155% | None | 147% | None |
| Hounslow | 154% | None | 186% | None |
| Huntingdonshire | 122% | None | 152% | None |
| Hyndburn | 253% | None | 353% | None |
| Ipswich | 64% | Presumption | 82% | Buffer |
| Isle of Wight | 54% | Presumption | 58% | Presumption |
| Isles of Scilly | - | None | - | None |
| Islington | 90% | Action plan | 104% | None |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 49% | Presumption | 43% | Presumption |
| Kettering | 103% | None | 107% | None |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 94% | Action plan | 96% | None |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 241% | None | 198% | None |
| Kingston upon Thames | 87% | Action plan | 76% | Buffer |
| Kirklees | 85% | Action plan | 87% | Action plan |
| Knowsley | 339% | None | 410% | None |
| Lambeth | 134% | None | 136% | None |
| Lancaster | 133% | None | 137% | None |
| Leeds | 120% | None | 139% | None |
| Leicester | 111% | None | 101% | None |
| Lewes | 100% | None | 116% | None |
| Lewisham | 88% | Action plan | 87% | Action plan |
| Lichfield | 182% | None | 192% | None |
| Lincoln | 149% | None | 175% | None |
| Liverpool | 152% | None | 172% | None |
| London Legacy Development Corporation | 98% | None | 106% | None |
| Luton | 174% | None | 337% | None |
| Maidstone | 146% | None | 170% | None |
| Maldon | 121% | None | 154% | None |
| Malvern Hills | 157% | None | 155% | None |
| Manchester | 133% | None | 169% | None |
| Mansfield | 141% | None | 178% | None |
| Medway | 55% | Presumption | 67% | Presumption |
| Melton | 141% | None | 197% | None |
| Mendip | 126% | None | 98% | None |
| Merton | 103% | None | 80% | Buffer |
| Mid Devon | 139% | None | 127% | None |
| Mid Suffolk | 103% | None | 137% | None |
| Mid Sussex | 91% | Action plan | 124% | None |
| Middlesbrough | 230% | None | 257% | None |
| Milton Keynes | 110% | None | 128% | None |
| Mole Valley | 81% | Buffer | 70% | Presumption |
| New Forest | 107% | None | 141% | None |
| Newark and Sherwood | 132% | None | 173% | None |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 203% | None | 180% | None |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 81% | Buffer | 132% | None |
| Newham | 98% | None | 114% | None |
| North Devon | 141% | None | 142% | None |
| North Dorset | 59% | Presumption | 69% | Presumption |
| North East Derbyshire | 142% | None | 165% | None |
| North East Lincolnshire | 134% | None | 161% | None |
| North Hertfordshire | 36% | Presumption | 49% | Presumption |
| North Kesteven | 149% | None | 175% | None |
| North Lincolnshire | 94% | Action plan | 113% | None |
| North Norfolk | 103% | None | 100% | None |
| North Somerset | 81% | Buffer | 89% | Action plan |
| North Tyneside | 115% | None | 107% | None |
| North Warwickshire | 140% | None | 133% | None |
| North West Leicestershire | 241% | None | 227% | None |
| Northampton | 100% | None | 90% | Action plan |
| Northumberland | 257% | None | 280% | None |
| Norwich | 133% | None | 132% | None |
| Nottingham | 156% | None | 163% | None |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 105% | None | 117% | None |
| Oadby and Wigston | 95% | None | 127% | None |
| Oldham | 80% | Buffer | 91% | Action plan |
| Oxford | - | None | 2126% | None |
| Pendle | 149% | None | 227% | None |
| Peterborough | 113% | None | 145% | None |
| Plymouth | 144% | None | 128% | None |
| Poole | 73% | Presumption | 78% | Buffer |
| Portsmouth | 80% | Buffer | 54% | Presumption |
| Preston | 339% | None | 393% | None |
| Purbeck | 74% | Presumption | 76% | Buffer |
| Reading | 141% | None | 130% | None |
| Redbridge | 59% | Presumption | 135% | None |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 389% | None | 453% | None |
| Redditch | - | None | - | None |
| Reigate and Banstead | 120% | None | 126% | None |
| Ribble Valley | 319% | None | 369% | None |
| Richmond upon Thames | 112% | None | 248% | None |
| Richmondshire | 2113% | None | 1622% | None |
| Rochdale | 170% | None | 169% | None |
| Rochford | 95% | None | 103% | None |
| Rossendale | 64% | Presumption | 57% | Presumption |
| Rother | 65% | Presumption | 57% | Presumption |
| Rotherham | 88% | Action plan | 104% | None |
| Rugby | 132% | None | 155% | None |
| Runnymede | 135% | None | 109% | None |
| Rushcliffe | 113% | None | 122% | None |
| Rushmoor | 199% | None | 179% | None |
| Rutland | 189% | None | 156% | None |
| Ryedale | 199% | None | 191% | None |
| Salford | 219% | None | 287% | None |
| Sandwell | 49% | Presumption | 52% | Presumption |
| Scarborough | 316% | None | 357% | None |
| Sedgemoor | 116% | None | 128% | None |
| Sefton | 103% | None | 129% | None |
| Selby | 172% | None | 175% | None |
| Sevenoaks | 70% | Presumption | 62% | Presumption |
| Sheffield | 123% | None | 127% | None |
| Shropshire | 154% | None | 158% | None |
| Slough | 78% | Buffer | 67% | Presumption |
| Solihull | 109% | None | 114% | None |
| Somerset West and Taunton | 107% | None | 76% | Buffer |
| South Bucks* | 64% | Presumption | ||
| South Cambridgeshire | 114% | None | 145% | None |
| South Derbyshire | 167% | None | 192% | None |
| South Gloucestershire | 125% | None | 133% | None |
| South Hams | 144% | None | 128% | None |
| South Holland | 142% | None | 176% | None |
| South Kesteven | 99% | None | 110% | None |
| South Lakeland | 176% | None | 155% | None |
| South Norfolk | 133% | None | 132% | None |
| South Northamptonshire | 118% | None | 162% | None |
| South Oxfordshire | 231% | None | 173% | None |
| South Ribble | 197% | None | 243% | None |
| South Somerset | 95% | None | 131% | None |
| South Staffordshire | 108% | None | 136% | None |
| South Tyneside | 79% | Buffer | 74% | Presumption |
| Southampton | 129% | None | 138% | None |
| Southend-on-Sea | 36% | Presumption | 31% | Presumption |
| Southwark | 72% | Presumption | 90% | Action plan |
| Spelthorne | 50% | Presumption | 69% | Presumption |
| St Albans | 63% | Presumption | 69% | Presumption |
| St. Helens | 145% | None | 187% | None |
| Stafford | 203% | None | 196% | None |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 97% | None | 120% | None |
| Stevenage | 64% | Presumption | 79% | Buffer |
| Stockport | 92% | Action plan | 92% | Action plan |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 176% | None | 185% | None |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 193% | None | 188% | None |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 269% | None | 240% | None |
| Stroud | 130% | None | 161% | None |
| Sunderland | 145% | None | 149% | None |
| Surrey Heath | 124% | None | 132% | None |
| Sutton | 150% | None | 119% | None |
| Swale | 89% | Action plan | 78% | Buffer |
| Swindon | 95% | None | 92% | Action plan |
| Tameside | 89% | Action plan | 91% | Action plan |
| Tamworth | 340% | None | 471% | None |
| Tandridge | 50% | Presumption | 38% | Presumption |
| Teignbridge | 98% | None | 86% | Action plan |
| Telford and Wrekin | 226% | None | 233% | None |
| Tendring | 101% | None | 165% | None |
| Test Valley | 173% | None | 184% | None |
| Tewkesbury | 162% | None | 159% | None |
| Thanet | 54% | Presumption | 78% | Buffer |
| Three Rivers | 54% | Presumption | 46% | Presumption |
| Thurrock | 59% | Presumption | 49% | Presumption |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 91% | Action plan | 63% | Presumption |
| Torbay | 80% | Buffer | 75% | Buffer |
| Torridge | 141% | None | 142% | None |
| Tower Hamlets | 74% | Presumption | 92% | Action plan |
| Trafford | 61% | Presumption | 79% | Buffer |
| Tunbridge Wells | 85% | Action plan | 97% | None |
| Uttlesford | 129% | None | 99% | None |
| Vale of White Horse | 208% | None | 195% | None |
| Wakefield | 199% | None | 200% | None |
| Walsall | 88% | Action plan | 70% | Presumption |
| Waltham Forest | 98% | None | 99% | None |
| Wandsworth | 112% | None | 105% | None |
| Warrington | 57% | Presumption | 72% | Presumption |
| Warwick | 122% | None | 123% | None |
| Watford | 48% | Presumption | 48% | Presumption |
| Waverley | 98% | None | 109% | None |
| Wealden | 83% | Buffer | 82% | Buffer |
| Wellingborough | 105% | None | 119% | None |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 63% | Presumption | 66% | Presumption |
| West Berkshire | 107% | None | 117% | None |
| West Devon | 144% | None | 128% | None |
| West Dorset | 109% | None | 114% | None |
| West Lancashire | 220% | None | 272% | None |
| West Lindsey | 149% | None | 175% | None |
| West Oxfordshire | 153% | None | 195% | None |
| West Suffolk | 112% | None | 128% | None |
| Westminster | 92% | Action plan | 96% | None |
| Weymouth and Portland | 109% | None | 114% | None |
| Wigan | 137% | None | 174% | None |
| Wiltshire | 140% | None | 141% | None |
| Winchester | 129% | None | 139% | None |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 87% | Action plan | 73% | Presumption |
| Wirral | 96% | None | 99% | None |
| Woking | 80% | Buffer | 78% | Buffer |
| Wokingham | 200% | None | 189% | None |
| Wolverhampton | 111% | None | 111% | None |
| Worcester | 157% | None | 155% | None |
| Worthing | 52% | Presumption | 35% | Presumption |
| Wychavon | 157% | None | 155% | None |
| Wycombe* | 124% | None | ||
| Wyre | 132% | None | 176% | None |
| Wyre Forest | 84% | Buffer | 99% | None |
| York | 84% | Buffer | 65% | Presumption |
| Source: The Government's HDT page and HDT rulebook. |
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| * Buckinghamshire LPA replaced Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe LPAs in 2021 | ||||
