East Suffolk Council

Housing Land Supply

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 2024 to 31 March 2029 was published in November 2024 which identified a 5 year land supply in both Local Plan areas. 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) outlines East Suffolk’s new housing land supply position in response to the updated methodology and both East Suffolk local plans turning 5 years old. 

The statement confirms that the Suffolk Coastal Local Plan area of East Suffolk has a housing land supply of 3.36 years.

The statement confirms that the Waveney Local Plan area of East Suffolk has a housing land supply of 3.23 years.

• East Suffolk Housing Position Statement (published September 2025)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2024 – 31 March 2029) (published November 2024)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2024 – 31 March 2029) (published November 2024)

Superseded Statement of Housing Land Supply

• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2023 – 31 March 2028) (published November 2023)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2023 – 31st March 2028) (published November 2023)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2022 – 31 March 2027) (published November 2022)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2022 – 31 March 2027) (published November 2022)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2021 – 31 March 2026) (published October 2021) 
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2021 – 31 March 2026) (published October 2021)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025) (published October 2020)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025) (published October 2020)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2024) (published August 2019)
• Statement of Housing Land Supply – Appendices (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2024) (published August 2019)

Superseded East Suffolk Interim Housing Position Statement

• East Suffolk Housing Position Statement (published March 2025)