Summary of Local Needs Survey

Response

A total of 420 forms were sent out and 176 completed or partially completed forms were returned, giving a response rate of 42%.  This is an excellent result – the average response is 25%.

Length of Residence

Perceived Housing Need

Key Findings

• 20 households indicated an immediate need for housing and a further 21 anticipated a need within the next 5 years.
• The survey idenftified a demand/need from 8 single people, 16 couples, 3 pairs of siblings, 13 families (including single parents and one household of unspecified description).
• 1 single person and 8 couples currently living with parents were planning to get married.  A further 3 single people, 3 couples, a pair of siblings and 1 family, also living with parents, were seeking independence.
• 1 single person, 1 couple, 2 pairs of siblings, 1 single parent and 3 families wished to be closer to family support.
• 2 households indicated that their present home was too large and 4 households stated that their present home was too small.
• The majority of respondents who indicated a housing need require subsidised houising although not all of these would require rented accommodation.
• Of the 41 households indicating a need, 17 (42% were living in the village at the time of the survey.  A further 14 (34%) had been born in the village and a further 3 (7%) had previously lived in the village.  5 households (12%) had close family currently living in the village and 2 households (5%) were employed in the village.
• In answer to the question ‘Would you support an affordable housing scheme for local people?’  131 (>77%) said that they would support such a scheme, compared with 38 who said they would not.

The Parish Council would like to thank all parishioners for taking the time to complete the survey and the young people in the parish who helped to distribute it.  The Parish Council will now be actively pursuing additional Local Needs Housing.