The National Planning Policy Framework requires planning authorities to update annually a statement setting out the supply of deliverable sites for housing to provide at least five years’ worth of supply against housing requirements. The Statement of Housing Land Supply for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 was published in December 2025. In December 2024 an updated National Planning Policy Framework and an updated methodology for calculating housing need were published. Accordingly, an updated Interim Housing Position Statement (September 2025) was published in response to the updated methodology and both East Suffolk local plans turning 5 years old.
The Statement of Housing Land Supply confirms that the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan area of East Suffolk has a housing land supply of 3.09 years.
The Statement of Housing Land Supply confirms that the Waveney Local Plan area of East Suffolk has a housing land supply of 2.88 years.
The Statement of Housing Land Supply confirms that East Suffolk has a housing land supply of 3.07 years.