Gosport Housing Delivery Test Action Plan (HDTAP)

The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) was introduced by the Government in 2018 as a monitoring tool in order to speed up the delivery of housing. The HDT is an annual measurement of housing delivery in terms of the total number of new houses and flats completed in a local authority area annually compared to the authority's housing requirement as set out by an up-to-date Local Plan or the Government's standard method for local housing need. The first HDT results were published in February 2019 and six results have been published in total.

The most recent HDT measurements published by the Government show a shortfall of new homes and the Council is required under national planning policy and guidance to apply a number of consequences which includes the publication of an Action Plan. The Council has previously published two Action Plans, the first was agreed at Economic Development Board in July 2020, and the second was agreed at Economic Development Board in September 2021.

The latest HDTAP was agreed at the Policy and Organisation Board on 12 March 2025 and outlines a number of actions to increase housing delivery and ensure that this is maintained over the longer term.

The Council's HDTAP covers the period 2019 to 2023 and can be downloaded here:

Gosport Housing Delivery Test Action Plan 2025 (PDF, 980 KB)