Housing strategy and provision (lvl 1)

Question 1

Tell me about the key economic indicators for residential development.

Question 2

Tell me about the key demographic indicators for residential
development.

Question 3

What are the key sources of researched information into the factors
that show housing demand?

Question 4

Tell me about a method to assess and identify overall housing needs.
What is one of the options for housing providers to meet these housing
needs?

Question 5

How can developers/local authorities/other housing providers you have
experience of source development opportunities?

Question 6

What statutory considerations are you aware of?

Question 7

What non-statutory considerations are you aware of?

Question 8

Tell me about the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Question 9

What is a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) and how is it
prepared? What do they provide an insight into?

Question 10

Can you give me an example of an element included within a SHMA?

Question 11

What is a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) and
how is it prepared?

Question 12

How do the SHLAA and SHMA or together to help identify allocations?

Question 13

What other sources of information are useful in identifying likely
housing demand or appropriate development sites?

Question 14

What policies are being implemented at national/regional/local levels? Who are the key stakeholders in the process?

Question 15

Who are the delivery vehicles involved in housing provision?
How do these parties work in partnership to increase the overall
housing supply / provide affordable housing?

Question 16

Tell me about housing tenures and how these are defined?

Question 17

What are the affordable options in the current market?

Question 18

Where might it be possible or appropriate to provide residential development without affordable housing?

Question 19

How would the housing type and mix by typically identified in a new
development?

Question 20

Who are the key stakeholders in relation to housing issues?

Question 21

What is Objectively Assessed Need and why is it important?

Question 22

Where would you find policy in relation to housing strategy and
provision?

Question 23

Tell me about the ‘Standard Method’ for assessing local housing need and why is it important?

Question 24

Tell me about the deliverable five year housing land supply?

Question 25

What level of buffer is required for the five year housing land supply?

Question 26

What is the Housing Delivery Test?

Question 27

Why can planning appeal decisions be very important in considering housing development and requirements?

Question 28

Can you briefly tell me what is going on in the housing sector in an area of your expertise?

Question 29

Explain what the Dynamic Purchasing System is.

Question 30

What is the outcome of the latest Housing Delivery Test results?

Question 31

What is permission in principle?