Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Rural Housing Needs Survey

Stockton-on-Tees Rural Housing Needs Survey 2010: Final Report

arc4 Limited (a housing consultancy) was commissioned in September 2009 to carry out a Rural Housing Needs Assessment in the rural parishes and communities for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.  The assessment period ran from September 2009 to January 2010.
The aims of the study were to:

• establish the current dwelling and household profile of rural parishes;
• identify the level of housing need across rural parishes, and the extent to which their housing needs cannot be accommodate by market prices;
• identify the affordable housing requirements across a range of affordable tenures and dwelling sizes for each rural parish of Stockton-on-Tees, taking into account local connections, incomes and market prices;
• establish the general level of support for small developments of affordable housing for people in housing need with a strong local connection.