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How many new homes does the South East need in the 1996-2016 period?
Comparison of the public examination panel’s recommendations with Serplan estimates.
County	Serplan estimate*	Panel Recommendation	% increase
Bedfordshire	42 890	64 000	49
Berkshire	53 261	83 000	56
Buckinghamshire	64 300	92 000	43
East Sussex	37 458	64 500	72
Essex	83 900	150 000	79
Hampshire	101 900	169 000	66
Hertfordshire	50 900	88 000	73
Isle of Wight	9 553	13 000	36
Kent	99 700	150 000	50
Oxfordshire	41 500	75 000	81
Surrey	34 937	77 000	120
West Sussex	44 900	73 000	63
South East	668 500	1 098 500	64
(outside London)
*The number of new homes needed to meet Serplan’s minimum target for 1996-2016, based on figures supplied by the government office for the South East at the public examination in June 1999.