Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006 (as amended August 2009)

Replacement Calderdale UDP : Adopted 25 August 2006

• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Calderdale in Context
  • The District of Calderdale
  • Population
  • Households
  • The Housing Stock
  • Local Economy
  • Social Profile
  • The Environment
• Strategic and Core Part One Policies
• 3 Guiding Principles and Key Themes
• 4 Employment, The Economy, Tourism and Regeneration
• 5 Housing
• 6 Retailing and Town Centres
• 7 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Facilities
• 8 The Built and Historic Environment
• 9 Transport
• 10 Infrastructure, Education and Community Facilities
• 11 Natural Environment and the Countryside
• 12 Environmental Protection
• 13 Minerals
• 14 Waste Management
• 15 Monitoring and Review of the Plan
• Annex A Privacy, Daylighting and Amenity Space
• Annex B Trees On or Adjacent to Development Sites
• Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
• Appendix 2 National Minerals Policy
• Appendix 3 Supporting Published Documents
• Appendix 4 Glossary of Terms
• Appendix 5 Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Appendix 6 Policy Topic Index
• Appendix 7 Policy Number Comparison
• Appendix 8 Supplementary Maps

The Housing Stock

2.4 The housing stock reflects the era of rapid development in the late 19^th century with 48.8% of private sector housing built before 1919. This is significantly higher than other Districts within West Yorkshire and well above the West Yorkshire average of 35.5%. It is predominantly owner occupied and illustrates  social diversity, from the barn and mill conversions that house more affluent residents, to the rows of cramped terraces that need considerable investment and repair. The District has a relatively low proportion of detached or semi-detached houses and flats and a far higher proportion of terraced housing. Social housing accounts for 17% of the District’s housing stock. Average household size, in common with other areas, is decreasing.

In common with other attractive areas of northern England, house prices have continued to rise over the past year and have accelerated relative to the national average. The average price of a house or flat is now (July 2006) over £160,000, although there are wide variations between types of property and in different parts of the District. An annual average of 650 new or converted properties have been completed over the past five years, and over 1,000 have been built in the last financial year. There are in excess of 5,000 further dwellings with planning permission.

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