Housing league table 2010 – East of England

The housing league table provided a snapshot of how well councils were doing at delivering the affordable housing needed in their areas, comparing their performance to give each council a ranking. Find out more information about this site

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Affordable housing delivered
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Affordable housing needed (Experts' estimates)
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Proportion of affordable need delivered %
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Overall rank
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South Norfolk District Council E 131 313 121 259 1
Broadland District Council E 223 110 98 112 7
Basildon District Council E 1,569 190 208 91 13
Forest Heath District Council E 171 203 239 85 15
Norwich City Council E 3,481 410 624 66 23
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council E 836 280 436 64 26
Harlow District Council E 2,586 120 200 60 28
St Edmundsbury Borough Council E 158 163 284 58 30
Broxbourne Borough Council E 1,753 97 221 44 41
Brentwood Borough Council E 478 100 231 43 42
Ipswich Borough Council E 3,103 293 708 41 49
Mid Suffolk District Council E 109 137 339 40 52
Dacorum Borough Council E 657 163 407 40 53
Three Rivers District Council E 987 127 321 39 56
Peterborough City Council E 478 283 808 35 65
East Hertfordshire District Council E 285 180 516 35 66
Suffolk Coastal District Council E 141 70 211 33 72
Stevenage Borough Council E 3,081 190 606 31 77
Bedford Borough Council E 327 197 643 31 80
Waveney District Council E 318 67 225 30 88
Watford Borough Council E 3,780 97 336 29 92
Chelmsford Borough Council E 493 243 866 28 94
Hertsmere Borough Council E 975 100 371 27 97
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council E 3,936 90 344 26 102
Babergh District Council E 146 80 319 25 108
Braintree District Council E 232 163 697 23 121
Luton Borough Council E 4,423 120 521 23 124
Uttlesford District Council E 115 67 295 23 128
Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk E 101 177 797 22 130
North Hertfordshire District Council E 330 133 642 21 139
East Cambridgeshire District Council E 126 203 1,009 20 146
Colchester Borough Council E 550 197 1,082 18 165
Rochford District Council E 491 23 131 18 168
Central Bedfordshire Council E 712 210 1,357 15 180
South Cambridgeshire District Council E 154 290 1,893 15 183
Breckland District Council E 101 143 964 15 192
Huntingdonshire District Council E 186 160 1,330 12 224
Cambridge City Council E 3,018 203 1,927 11 242
Fenland District Council E 168 83 798 10 243
Thurrock Borough Council E 928 53 524 10 246
St. Albans City Council E 830 63 643 10 249
Great Yarmouth Borough Council E 542 47 484 10 251
Epping Forest District Council E 366 33 374 9 265
Maldon District Council E 176 30 345 9 268
Tendring District Council E 437 40 538 7 281
North Norfolk District Council E 105 63 921 7 285
Castle Point Borough Council E 1,992 10 209 5 303

The figures explained

Population density

The number of people per square kilometre in the area, Office for National Statistics, Regional trends, Regional data table 1.2.

Affordable housing delivered

Annual average (using last three years of data available) of additional affordable homes provided by local authority area where homes located, 2006/07 to 2008/09: CLG live table 1008.

Affordable housing need (Experts' estimates)

As laid out in the latest available Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) or Housing Needs Study (HNS) for the area. For an understanding of the assumptions used in independent assessments of the need for affordable housing in each local authority, please refer to their SHMA or HNS.

Proportion of affordable need delivered %

Calculated by expressing the number of affordable homes delivered as a percentage of annual requirement for affordable housing.

Overall rank

Ranking on the proportion of affordable housing need delivered.

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