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Housing Delivery Test measurement rule book
Explains how the Housing Delivery Test is calculated. The measurement is evidence about delivery, not a prediction of an individual planning decision.
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England: relevance depends on the proposal, site and planning process.
Housing Delivery Test measurement rule book (official source, opens in a new tab) · Documents; Details
A defined calculation measures housing delivery
The rule book describes how the Housing Delivery Test result is calculated. Read the method with the relevant published result and period; the percentage measures delivery and does not score an authority’s decision-making quality or predict an appeal.
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Limits and checks
- This national source does not establish the local policies, designations or site facts that apply to an individual proposal.
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