How much housing is proposed in the adopted Structure Plan from 1995 to 2011 and what is the current situation?
The Structure Plan makes provision for 75,700 houses between 1995 to 2011. Between 1995 and 2002 about 29,400 dwellings were built in Devon. The figure below illustrates that over these first seven years of the Plan the number of houses built in Devon was slightly below the implied provision made in the Structure Plan. Dwelling completions over the period averaged 4,200 dwellings per year compared with an annual average Structure Plan provision of about 4,730 dwellings. Dwellings built 1995 – 2002 compared with provision in the Structure Plan First Review An assessment of existing housing commitments at March 2000 as compared to the Structure Plan provision is illustrated in Figure below. This indicates that the overall level of commitments remaining in Local Plans at 2000 is only adequate to accommodate housing demand to about 2004/05. This leaves shortfall of about 28,500 dwellings still to be identified in the Reviews of Local Plans now being undertaken in Devon.
