11.0%
Housing Delivery Test result
% · HDT 2025 (2022/23–2024/25)
Published measurement; homes include communal-accommodation equivalents, displayed rounded as in the official table. Consequence: Presumption.
MHCLG
2025;_Publication_Format · K155
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Housing delivery has collapsed
Worsening · Medium attention
Portsmouth built 308 of 2,702 required homes over three years: 11%, below the 75% threshold.
11%Housing Delivery Test2025 measurement
308 of 2,702Homes delivered vs required2022-23 to 2024-25
74%Plan meets this share of needLocal Plan 2025–2040
3,125Combined HMO register recordsSeptember 2026
Below 75% establishes evidenced unmet housing need. NPPF Annex D.
Homes built as a share of the government's own target for Portsmouth. Portsmouth local authority.
Source: MHCLG · Housing Delivery Test, 2025 measurement
Checked 23 September 2026
| Measurement | Required | Delivered | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDT 2023 | 2,248 | 584 | 26% |
| HDT 2024 | 2,678 | 578 | 22% |
| HDT 2025 | 2,702 | 308 | 11% |
Who owns itPortsmouth City Council and the Planning InspectorateAlso: Planning Inspectorate, UK Government (MHCLG)
What the test measures
Portsmouth delivered 308 homes against a requirement of 2,702 over three years: an 11% Housing Delivery Test result. NPPF Annex D, published 29 September 2026, sets 75% as the threshold for evidenced unmet housing need under policy S5(1)(j).
What isn't published
Not published: No published explanation for the two single-year delivery figures of 9 and 10 net additional homes.
Not published: MHCLG's own published annual components do not sum exactly to its published totals in any of the three delivery-test years.
Not published: No published decomposition of how much of the shortfall is physical constraint versus viability versus scheme timing.
Not published: Ward counts can be tabulated from the combined HMO register. They count records, not distinct properties; a comparable ward rate needs a matching housing denominator.
Not published: Temporary accommodation figures are available in the official evidence register. What remains unmeasured here is how much of the recent delivery shortfall contributed to homelessness.
Overview checked 3 October 2026. Additional figures have their own dates in the evidence explorer. Further context on UK Stat Pack.
More verified figures
608
Households in temporary accommodation
households · 31 March 2026
Statutory homelessness administrative data. Quarterly assessment flows and point-in-time temporary accommodation are different measures. The denominator is the published household estimate, not population. National counts are rounded; suppressed cells are not zero.
MHCLG
TA1 · C205
31.0%
Children in relative low income after housing costs (%)
% · FYE 2025
Children aged under 16 in relative low-income families; income below 60% of the contemporary median. DWP calibrates to HBAI. Disclosure control means ward totals may not equal city totals. FYE 2025 rates use mid-2024 population denominators; the tables use May 2024 ward boundaries. BHC and AHC are distinct measures. Historical values in this release have been revised.
DWP
2_AHC_Relative_LA · F225
10.9%
Households in fuel poverty
% · 2024
Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) measure. Modelled official statistics in development; suitable for broad comparisons, not detailed year-to-year trends. Local figures are 2024 estimates, not national 2025 projections.
DESNZ
Table 2 · G245
7.22
Median house price / median resident annual earnings
ratio · 2025
Median price paid for properties divided by median gross annual full-time employee earnings of residents. This is not a household mortgage multiple, workplace earnings ratio or ratio computed from the monthly house-price index.
ONS
5c · AB217
11,890
Children in relative low income after housing costs (count)
children · FYE 2025
Children aged under 16 in relative low-income families; income below 60% of the contemporary median. DWP calibrates to HBAI. Disclosure control means ward totals may not equal city totals. FYE 2025 rates use mid-2024 population denominators; the tables use May 2024 ward boundaries. BHC and AHC are distinct measures. Historical values in this release have been revised.
DWP
2_AHC_Relative_LA · D225