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Monitoring the Local Plan

We want to measure the progress we've made in preparing and delivering Local Plan policies. The documents below help inform reviews of our Local Plan. The monitoring process reports:

  • how we're working with other local authorities to deliver Local Plan policies
  • information we've collected which shows what progress we're making
  • policies we are not currently applying

Five Year Housing Land Supply (5YHLS)

Our Local Plan outlines how many houses we need to provide every year to meet demand. We use the Land Availability Assessment to:

  • survey potential housing sites in Guildford
  • identify which of these sites could be developed in the next five years (called 'deliverable' sites)

Every year, we update the supply of deliverable sites to make sure we can meet our housing requirements.

Read our latest - Five Year Housing Land Supply Position (PDF, 216 KB)

Housing Delivery Test (HDT)

The HDT is an annual measurement of how many homes we've delivered over the last three years. We compare this figure to the number of homes we were expected to build over the same period.

The 2025 HDT found we had delivered 102% of our housing requirement between 2022/23 and 2024/25.

Our 2024 result was 128%, and our 2023, 2022 and 2021 HDT results were 153%, 171% and 144% respectively.

Authority Monitoring Reports (AMR)

Our Authority Monitoring Reports (previously called Annual Monitoring Reports) include:

  • progress of Local Plan preparation
  • activity relating to our duty to cooperate with other local authorities
  • implementation of Local Plan policies
  • implementation of Neighbourhood Plans

Read the reports below: