Development Characteristics

We aim to ensure that a mixture of different types and sizes of homes are developed to meet the needs of the city.

Local Output Indicator

Ensuring the provision of an appropriate mix of type, size and tenure of housing.

This target is improving.

Of the dwellings completed in the past year:

• 57 per cent consisted of one or two bed units. This is a reduction for the second consecutive year from the 2008 to 2009 peak of 87 per cent.
• 14 per cent had four or more bedrooms (the same as the previous year).

In the years up to 2009, redevelopment was taking place in the waterfront regeneration areas and was characterised by a high number of new flats, up to 83 per cent of all new homes. This produced an average development density for the city of 131 dwellings per hectare.

The type of dwellings completed in 2010 to 2011 show a more balanced mix as a result of the progress of a number of large redevelopment sites - at Southway, and other less densely developed sites. These are characterised by a higher proportion of semi-detached and terraced houses. In 2010 to 2011 the average development density for the city was 56 dwellings per hectare (dph), similar to that of the previous year.

In 2010 to 2011, 96 per cent of new housing has been at density levels above 30 dwellings per hectare and 75 per cent has been above 50 dwellings per hectare.

This page of the annual monitoring report was last updated December 2011.