Housing Related Research

Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Study 2005 - Overview: 

The aims of the study were to assess the future housing needs of Barnsley, identify housing markets, understand their drivers and provide evidence to support market interventions in Worsbrough, the Green Corridor (in the north-east of the Borough) and the Dearne Housing Market Renewal (HMR) area. In addition the study sought to  provide thorough and robust evidence to act as a foundation for the policies and proposals for housing in the Council's Local Development Framework; linked to this has been the production of the Council's first ever affordable housing policy (which was approved in January 2007).

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Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Study 2005: Full Report

Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Study 2005: Executive Summary

 

Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Assessment Update: A Strategic Housing Market Assessment 2008

This Report is an update, based on the 2005 Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Study. The 2008 report fully complies with the Strategic Housing Market Assessment guidance issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2007.

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Barnsley Housing Needs Markets and Affordability Update 2008 - Full Report.pdf 

 Barnsley Housing Needs, Markets and Affordability Update 2008 Executive Summary.pdf

 

Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey 2005 Overview:

This survey resulted in the production of 3 related reports. It presents the findings of a comprehensive sample survey of private sector housing conditions in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.

The house condition survey has involved a Borough-wide sample of 1000 dwellings; implemented in two phases from mid-2004 to early 2005. Phase 1 included the Housing Market Renewal Fund Pathfinder Area centred on the wards of Dearne South and Dearne Thurnscoe with Phase 2 extending the survey programme Borough-wide. Phase 3 (completed in early 2006) looked in detail at the following localities within the Borough, namely Carlton, Royston, Worsborough, and on the immediate periphery of Barnsley itself the communities centred on Old Mill Lane, Doncaster Road and Dodworth Road.

The survey reports provide a benchmark of current housing conditions within the Borough and an indication of condition change since the previous house condition survey completed in 1999. To date the reports have been used to inform spending decisions on interventions to address fuel poverty amongst vulnerable households and to remedy poor housing conditions. Looking ahead, the reports will also help us to reach decisions about where to spend money and on what for the period 2008-2011.

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Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey 2005: Borough-wide Full Report

Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey 2005: Borough-wide Executive Summary

Private Sector Housing Stock Condition Survey 2005: Block Investment Priorities

Area Based Private Sector House Condition Survey 2004

South Yorkshire Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2007:

Working in partnership, the four South Yorkshire Local Authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, commissioned a study and assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers living in and travelling through South Yorkshire. The research was undertaken to aid the production of a Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Strategy and to inform future housing and planning policies.  The assessment is a statutory requirement under s.225 of the Housing Act 2004, which amends s.8 of the Housing Act 1985 and came into force in 2006.

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South Yorkshire Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2007: Final Report

South Yorkshire Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2007:  Summary Document

 

Contact Details:

Write: Housing Policy Section
Strategic Housing
PO Box 603
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 9FD

Tel:   01226 772742

Email: strategichousing@barnsley.gov.uk

Opening times:

Monday to Thursday 08:45 to 17.00
Friday                     08:45 to 16:30

 

 

 

Last modified on 22/12/2009