Housing Needs Survey Open

Commissioned by Welford on Avon Parish Council in January 2025, the response deadline for the current Housing Needs Survey is 28 February 2025. The survey is organised and run by an independent charity, Warwickshire Rural Community Council.

It is in two parts. The first part is for all residents. The second is for those who have a specific housing need. Please do take the time to respond; results from our previous survey have been key in guiding planning decisions and has been an important addition to the Parish Council’s planning toolbox.

The survey may be completed online at www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WoAHNS2025

A paper version of the survey was circulated around the village in the Jan 2025 edition of Welford Matters.

Results for this survey will be available May 2025.

Previous Results

Welford-on-Avon Housing Needs Survey Report 2019

Background

In Welford on Avon, the Parish Council has adopted a local Neighbourhood Plan. This planning policy is a skeleton – it guides planning decisions at local level. Supplementary planning guidance is used to ensure that permitted development is sustainable and consistent with local style and local need.

Welford on Avon Parish Council first commissioned a Housing Needs Survey in 2019. The results are used to inform planning decisions at all levels; the Parish Council, Stratford District Council and at Appeal. It has been key to guiding the housing mix of larger developments in the village. In some cases it has been key to ensuring that undesirable development has been refused.