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Dear Debbie Connal,

Re: FOI F11789

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.

Please find below the response to your recent request. The information has
been provided by our Housing Team.

Your request with response:

1. The total number of people currently on the waiting list for council
housing properties, broken down by bedroom number? 

Bedrooms Number
One Bedroom 307
Two Bedroom 242
Three Bedroom 224
Four Bedroom 61

2. The number of people currently on the waiting list for housing in each
area of the council, broken down by property bedroom number?

Information not held

3. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by
bedroom number.

Average waiting times for applicants across all bands for lets between
1^st April 2022 and 31^st March 2023

Type / Size Average wait
Studio general needs 8 months
1-bed general needs 15 months
2-bed flat or maisonette 16 months
2-bed house 27 months
3-bed house 3 years
4-bed 6 years

4. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation in each
geographical area, broken down by bedroom property number.

Information not held

5. The average waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by
bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.

  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Type / Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average Average
Size wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
Studio 8 8 3 6 6 4 5 8 9 13
general months months months months months months months months months months
needs
1-bed 14 14 9 8 11 11 12 14 17 12
general months months months months months months months months months months
needs
2-bed flat 16 18 23 21 18 18 14 16 16 18
or months months months months months months months months months months
maisonette
2-bed 27 32 32 25 26 20 16 20 23 26
house months months months months months months months months months months
3-bed 3 years 3 years 31 27 16 13 26 35 24
house 4 years months months months months months months
Months
4-bed 6 years   33 33 8   4 years 22 30 31
months months months months months months

6. The average waiting time for council accommodation in each geographical
area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years.

Information not held

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Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1RS or via e-mail to
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Yours sincerely

FOI Team

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Town Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1RS

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