East of England
Rochford District Council planning intelligence
Local Plan stage, adopted plan, plan period and published housing position for Rochford District Council, read from the national planning data platform on 20/09/2026.
Authority dashboard
Local Plan stage
Draft plan published
Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
Five-year supply
15.0years
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Housing Delivery Test
111%
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Annual housing requirement
250homes pa
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets
Plan-making and delivery position
How favourable is this authority's position for promoting land right now?
- Local Plan progressDraft plan published
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
- Five-year housing land supply15.0 years
At or above the five-year requirement on the published position.
- Housing Delivery Test111% delivered
At or above 95% of the requirement delivered.
- Evidence coverage held100%
3 planning documents indexed for this authority.
What does this mean?
Read the plan stage first: allocation routes narrow considerably once a plan reaches examination.
Local Plan stage
Draft plan published
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
Submitting land: Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
Published position
- Local Plan stage
- Draft plan published
- Adopted development plan
- Rochford LDF: Core Strategy
- Emerging Local Plan
- New Local Plan 2025-2040
- Plan period
- 2006 to 2025
- Housing figure in the plan document
- 4,750 homes
- Annual housing requirement
- 250 homes a year
- Five-year housing land supply
- 15 years
- Housing Delivery Test
- 111%
- Plan documents held nationally
- 3
A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2011-12-13
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence) · dated 2011-12-13
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-03-30
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-03-30
Source: planning.data.gov.uk local-plan and local-authority datasets · dated 2026-08-17
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Open Government Licence)
Where a figure has not been published in our sources it is shown as data currently unavailable. It is never inferred or estimated.
Development pressure & opportunity outlook
A 0-100 index of how much pressure Rochford District Council is under to release new land, built only from published evidence, followed by what that evidence means for promoting land here over the next 12-24 months.
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Ask a question about Rochford District Council's indexed planning documents and get an answer with document, page and policy citations — never a summary without a source you can check.
What this means for a landowner
The plan stage tells you whether allocation is still realistically available. Early stages — evidence gathering and Regulation 18 — are when sites are selected, so a Call for Sites submission has the greatest effect. Once a plan reaches Regulation 19 or examination, the practical routes narrow to soundness representations, the next plan review, or an application relying on the authority's land supply position.
The housing figures matter for the same reason. An authority that cannot demonstrate a five-year supply, or that falls below the Housing Delivery Test thresholds, applies the presumption in favour of sustainable development differently — which is what practitioners mean by the tilted balance.
Common questions
- What stage is the Rochford District Council Local Plan at?
- Draft plan published. A draft plan with proposed policies and site allocations has been published, usually ahead of or alongside Regulation 18/19 consultation.
- Can I still submit land to Rochford District Council?
- Late but possible — allocations are being fixed.
- Can Rochford District Council demonstrate a five-year housing land supply?
- The published position is 15 years. Figures move as monitoring is updated, so always check the authority's latest statement.
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This assessment is an automated planning intelligence report based on available public data. It does not constitute planning, legal, valuation or other professional advice and does not guarantee that planning permission will be granted.